I Capture the Castle
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Роман Доди Смит "Я захватываю замок" - это дневник Кассандры Мортмейн, в котором рассказывается о ее необыкновенной семье и их разрушающемся доме-замке. Отец Кассандры когда-то был известным писателем, но теперь он в основном читает детективные романы, в то время как его семья скатывается к благородной бедности. Ее сестра Роуз скучает, она красива и отчаянно хочет выйти замуж за богача. Их мачеха Топаз имеет привычку расхаживать по сельской местности в одних веллингтоновских сапогах. Но вскоре вся их жизнь изменится с приездом новых соседей из Америки, и Кассандра обнаруживает, что влюбляется...
Книга на английском языке.
'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'
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...
Книга на английском языке.
'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink...'
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...