I Capture the Castle

Interesting Facts

• The book is written in the form of a diary kept by a 17-year-old girl named Cassandra Mortmain.
• The events unfold in an old English castle where the main character's family lives in poverty.
• Cassandra's father, James Mortmain, is a writer experiencing a creative crisis after the success of his first novel.
• Cassandra and her family meet two wealthy Americans, brothers Simon and Neil Cotton, who rent the neighboring estate.
• The book explores themes of love, coming of age, and family relationships through the lens of life in a castle.
• The novel was written in the 1940s, but the action takes place in the 1930s.
• The work has been praised for its unique style and deep psychological portraits of the characters.