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AuthorDodie Smith
NarratorEmilia Fox
Duration4h 52m
CategoriesYoung Adult and Teen Fiction
Key StageKS4
PublisherCSA Word
VersionAbridged
I Capture the Castle is Dodie Smith's first novel, written in 1949 while living in USA. Smith was already an established playwright and later became famous for authoring the children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians. This coming-of-age novel recounts in the first person the adventures of an eccentric family, the Mortmains, struggling to live in a decaying English castle during the 1930s. The narrator is Cassandra Mortmain, an intelligent 17 year old who tells the story via her personal diaries.
Author: Dodie Smith
Author Dodie Smith
Narrator Jenny Agutter
Duration 12h 18m
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain's journal tells of an extrordinary eight months in the lives of her eccentric and bohemian family, which include a father who is suffering from writer's block; a stepmother Topaz, an artist's model; her fiery sister Rose and younger brother Thomas. When the rich young American landlords of their cold and crumbl...
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Author: Dodie Smith
Author Dodie Smith
Narrator Full Cast
Duration 1h 45m
Cruella de Vil is determined to have a beautiful new coat made from the fur of 101 Dalmatians. Can Pongo and Missis save their beloved puppies from her evil clutches?
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Author Dodie Smith
Narrator Delia Corrie
Duration 3h 57m
Strange things are happening. Dogs are the only creatures in the world that are awake, and they can communicate through thought-waves. Best of all, they can swoosh through the air. Pongo, Missis and the family swoosh up to London to see if they can help sort out what's going on. Is it Cruella de Vil, up to her old tricks? Or is it something or some...
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