If Anne's unstoppable imagination and resilient joy captured your heart in Anne of Green Gables by , let I Capture the Castle by be your next obsession.
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- Diary format = unfiltered dreamer's-eye view
- Crumbling castle life turned whimsical escape
- Witty verbal sparring masks deeper heartache
- Eccentric family chaos you'll want to join
If Anne Shirley's irrepressible spirit made you believe imagination could redeem any circumstance, Cassandra Mortmain will feel like a kindred soul discovered in a crumbling English castle. She transforms penury into poetry with the same unfiltered joy Anne brought to Green Gables, her diary entries brimming with the kind of spirited observation that turns deprivation into whimsical adventure—a girl who refuses to let hardship dim her inner light.
Dodie Smith captures that rare alchemy of wit and warmth you've been chasing since Prince Edward Island, where verbal cleverness becomes quiet rebellion and every paragraph hums with the intelligence of a dreamer who sees more than her world allows.
This is your invitation to fall for another girl who turns isolation into art.
What Readers Are Saying
"This book took very good care of me. It goes onto my comfortable re-read shelf immediately." — Maggie Stiefvater, Goodreads
"Cassandra is an enchanting character and a fantastic narrator, surrounded by some unforgettable characters. This is a lovely, bittersweet novel that doesn't go for the easy resolution." — Tadiana ✩Night Owl☽, Goodreads
"I saved the book for the trip, started it in Bretagne in a little loft bedroom and couldn't put it down. The story is lovely, haunting, hilarious." — Laurie, Goodreads
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