Classics @ Scranton: "I Capture the Castle"

Join us to discuss a great classic of world literature! Our selection for May 2023 is the 1948 novel I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Through six turbulent months of 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. Please call the library at (203) 245‑7365 if you wish to place a hold on a print copy. Sign up below to join in the conversation!