I Capture the Castle (Dodie Smith)

Sam

“If you love Marilynne Robinson’s Housekeeping (🙋🏻‍♀️) get thee a copy of I Capture the Castle. There’s a potent throughline between the two: eccentric, idiosyncratic domestic atmospheres ruled by deeply interesting women looking for their nook in the world. The castle itself is a character all its own! Delicious.”

Bethany Poteat

“Dodge Smith is more famous for 101 Dalmatians, but this book is a delight. Coming of age as told by a girl growing up in an old castle wi the her eccentric family, and then … a man comes to town. Also a fantastic movie with a young Rose Byrn and Henry Cavill.”

eva h

“overdue for a reread”