Rose decides she wants to marry Simon, who is the eldest, which launches the Mortmain girls into a life of romance, glamour and new relationships. The main catalyst for the events of the novel is the arrival of an American family, specifically the two unmarried sons, Simon and Neil. The story follows the characters’ difficulties in romance, family life and growing up in the 1930s. The Mortmains are a poor and bohemian family who live in a decaying but ever-romantic castle in England. Finally, there is Cassandra, who is our protagonist and through whose witty and honest diary entries this story is told. Then there is his second wife Topaz, the eldest daughter Rose, the youngest sibling Thomas, and the live-in son, Stephen. The household consists of Mortmain, the father and eccentric writer of the family who has been struggling from writer’s block ever since the success of his first novel. I Capture the Castle is a coming-of-age story by Dodie Smith, published in 1948, which focuses on the lives of the Mortmain family.
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