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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

European Day of Languages

Penguin Readers Level 4: I Capture the Castle (ELT Graded Reader) is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Penguin.

18 days ago

Heritage Open Days

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

1 month ago

International Literacy Day

Reading is so much fun, why not read Penguin Readers Level 4: I Capture the Castle (ELT Graded Reader). Written by Dodie Smith, published by Penguin.

1 month ago

World Storytelling Day

With so many stories, how about this treasury. I Capture the Castle, by Dodie Smith, published by Penguin.

6 months ago

Valentine's Day

Amazing!!! I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Published by Penguin.

8 months ago

Valentine's Day

#ValentinesDay tomorrow, so why not read I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith from Penguin.

8 months ago

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.

8 months ago

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