I Capture the Castle
British novelist, 1896–1990.
I Capture the Castle is a 1948 novel by Dodie Smith.
On 3 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Dodie Smith
- First published
- 1948
- Length
- 432 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Coming of age, Love story, Family saga
Is I Capture the Castle worth reading?
3 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk) and 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.co.uk, 2014) | Listed | See the list |
| 100 novels that shaped our world (BBC Arts, 2019) | Listed | See the list |
| The Big Read top 100 (BBC, 2003) | No. 82 | See the list |
Best edition of I Capture the Castle
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (2004), 432 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 2004)
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780099460879
How critics and readers rate I Capture the Castle
Readers rate it most highly: it earned 31% of the points available on readers' and booksellers' lists, against 8% on critics' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like I Capture the Castle
If you liked I Capture the Castle, try To Kill a Mockingbird, Ulysses or The Catcher in the Rye.
