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About Dodie Smith

Dodie Smith was born in Lancashire in1896 and having first trained at RADA went on to carve out a career as both a novelist and a playwright, producing seven novels and ten plays. She wrote I Capture the Castle while living in America with her husband, and it was a great commercial and critical success when published in 1949. Some seven years later her children's classic The Hundred and One Dalmatians - inspired by her own beloved Dalmatian, Pongo - was published. It remains the work for which she is probably most well-known, in large part thanks to the iconic Walt Disney film based on it. Dodie Smith died in 1990.

Recent updates about Dodie Smith

Valentine's Day

With February comes Valentine's Day so why not get ahead by reading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith from Penguin.

4 days ago

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1 month to go until Dodie Smith will be releasing Penguin Readers Level 4: I Capture the Castle (ELT Graded Reader). Published by Penguin.

6 days ago

National Storytelling Week

Make a new friends, discover a new land or just escape in this brilliant story book I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith from Penguin

8 days ago

Heritage Open Days

Who doesn't love a Castle? I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Published by Penguin.

4 months ago

Bees' Needs Week

I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith from Red Fox - a book to explore!

7 months ago

World Storytelling Day

Loving I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith from Penguin.

4 years ago

Only one day to go...

A brilliant young adult read all about love and hearts...I Capture The Castle by Dodie Smith from Red Fox

5 years ago

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