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Books with author Dodie SMITH

  • I Capture the Castle: Movie Tie-In Edition

    Dodie Smith

    eBook (St. Martin's Press, April 1, 2003)
    One of the 20th Century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts! I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.“This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.” -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series
  • I Capture the Castle: Movie Tie-In Edition

    Dodie Smith

    Paperback (St. Martin's Griffin, April 1, 2003)
    One of the 20th Century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts! I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.“This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.” -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series
  • 101 Dalmatians

    Dodie Smith

    Paperback (Puffin Books, Jan. 22, 2002)
    The book that inspired the animated movie classic!When Dearly's Dalmatians have their first litter of pups—fifteen in all—everyone is delighted. But their joy is shortlived, for the pups are kidnapped! Scotland Yard is baffled, but the keenest canine minds are on the case—and on the trail of Cruella de Vil, the most fiendish person to ever covet a fur coat.Pongo and Missis would give everything they have to bring their puppies safely home... but will they succeed in rescuing them from the cluthes of the evil Cruella de Vil?"A tale full to overflowing with those prime requisites of a good story—warmth and humor, imagination and suspense."—Chicago Sunday Tribune"Superb reading. The puzzle of the hundred and one is delightful.... Highly recommended."—SLJ
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  • 101 Dalmatians

    Dodie Smith

    eBook (Puffin Books, April 1, 1989)
    The book that inspired the animated movie classic!When Dearly's Dalmatians have their first litter of pups—fifteen in all—everyone is delighted. But their joy is shortlived, for the pups are kidnapped! Scotland Yard is baffled, but the keenest canine minds are on the case—and on the trail of Cruella de Vil, the most fiendish person to ever covet a fur coat.Pongo and Missis would give everything they have to bring their puppies safely home... but will they succeed in rescuing them from the cluthes of the evil Cruella de Vil?"A tale full to overflowing with those prime requisites of a good story—warmth and humor, imagination and suspense."—Chicago Sunday Tribune"Superb reading. The puzzle of the hundred and one is delightful.... Highly recommended."—SLJ
  • I Capture the Castle

    Dodie Smith

    Paperback (St. Martin's Griffin, March 15, 1999)
    One of the 20th Century's most beloved novels is still winning hearts! I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent months, to hone her writing skills. She fills three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries. Her journals candidly chronicle the great changes that take place within the castle's walls, and her own first descent into love. By the time she pens her final entry, she has "captured the castle"-- and the heart of the reader-- in one of literature's most enchanting entertainments.“This book has one of the most charismatic narrators I've ever met.” -- J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter seriesBonus: Reading Group Discussion Guide included in this edition
  • I Capture the Castle

    Dodie Smith

    Mass Market Paperback (St. Martin's Paperbacks, April 14, 1999)
    During six turbulent years in 1934, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain keeps a journal, filling three notebooks with sharply funny yet poignant entries about her home, a ruined Suffolk castle, and her eccentric and penniless family. By the time the last diary shuts, there have been great changes in the Mortmain household, not the least of which is that Cassandra is deeply, hopelessly, in love. Illustrations .
  • The 101 Dalmatians

    Dodie Smith

    Hardcover (Barnes Noble, Jan. 1, 1996)
    The 101 Dalmatians
  • The Hundred and One Dalmatians

    Dodie Smith

    Paperback (Egmont Books Ltd, June 5, 2006)
    Dodie Smith's classic tale about 101 Dalmations and their fight for survival against the evil Cruella De Vil. When Missis and Pongo's puppies go missing, the two Dalmatian parents know the scary Cruella De Vil has had something to do with it. After all, she adores furs, and the Dalmatians have such beautiful coats ...The dogs' pets, Mr and Mrs Dearly, don't understand them, so it is up to Pongo and Missis to rescue their pups - with the help of all the dogs in England. The Hundred and One Dalmations is an all-time classic children's book. Famously adapted by Walt Disney Studios, it continues to be one of the most popular children's books long after the author's death.
  • I Capture the Castle

    Dodie Smith

    Paperback (Vintage, Aug. 2, 2012)
    "I write this sitting in the kitchen sink. That is, my feet are in it; the rest of me is on the draining-board, which I have padded with our dog's blanket and the tea-cosy". This is the diary of Cassandra Mortmain, which tells of her extraordinary family and their crumbling castle home. Cassandra's father was once a famous writer, but now he mainly reads detective novels while his family slide into genteel poverty. Her sister Rose is bored and beautiful, and desperate to marry riches. Their step-mother Topaz has habit of striding through the countryside wearing only her wellington boots. But all their lives will be soon be transformed by the arrival of new neighbours from America, and Cassandra finds herself falling in love...
  • I Capture The Castle

    Dodie Smith

    Paperback (Vintage, Jan. 1, 2004)
    I Capture the Castle
  • I Capture the Castle

    Dodie Smith

    Hardcover (St. Martin's Press, March 15, 1998)
    The 1934 journal of seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain reveals her perspective on six stormy months in the eccentric and poverty-stricken life of her family in a ruined Suffolk castle, ending with the revelation that Cassandra is deeply in love.
  • 101 Dalmatians

    Dodie Smith

    Hardcover (Mouse Works, Sept. 1, 1995)
    A storybook retelling of a popular Disney classic finds Pongo and Perdita in a desperate search to recover their fifteen stolen puppies from the fur-worshipping Cruella De Vil, but the end of their journey produces more than they bargained for.
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