Why people recommend it
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith is a beloved 1948 British coming-of-age novel told through diary entries that follows a seventeen-year-old girl growing up in a dilapidated castle alongside her sister, stepmother, and father. On The Book Review podcast, during the July 2024 episode The Listeners Episode Editors and Critics Answer Your Questions, guest Elizabeth Egan recommended the novel as a wonderfully impactful classic. Egan praised its enduring charm and engaging narrative structure. Furthermore, Tina Jordan mentioned the book on the same date during the What Were Reading episode. Jordan named Dodie Smith's work as her all-time favorite epistolary coming-of-age novel, noting with appreciation that the story had recently marked its seventy-fifth anniversary. Both commentators emphasized the book's lasting literary merit and its continued capacity to enchant generations of readers with its vivid setting and memorable youthful perspective.
Who recommended it
- Elizabeth Egan Recommended
- Tina Jordan Recommended
Elizabeth Egan — 1 mention
“I'm going to say I capture the castle by Jodie Smith which is this amazing 1948 British Coming of Age novel about a 17-year-old girl in 1934 who's growing up in a dilapidated castle with her sister her stepmother and her father”
Tina Jordan — 1 mention
“I think possibly my all-time favorite is Dodie Smith's ey capture the castle a Coming of Age novel I think it turned 75 this year and it's told through diary entries”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“the woman who wrote 101 Dalmatians and I captured the castle”