Cassandra Mortmain

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Cassandra Mortmain is the introspective teenage narrator of Dodie Smith’s novel "I Capture the Castle," known for chronicling her eccentric family’s life in a crumbling English castle.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel protagonist
teenage girl
ageAtStartOfWork 17
appearsIn I Capture the Castle NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme coming of age
family relationships
first love
poverty and class
characterRole first-person narrator
protagonist
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
createdBy Dodie Smith NERFINISHED
familyName Mortmain NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse I Capture the Castle NERFINISHED
firstPublicationDateOfWorkAppearedIn 1948
gender female
genreOfWorkAppearedIn coming-of-age novel
romantic novel
givenName Cassandra NERFINISHED
hasFather James Mortmain NERFINISHED
hasLoveInterest Neil Cotton NERFINISHED
Simon Cotton NERFINISHED
hasSister Rose Mortmain NERFINISHED
hasStepMother Topaz Mortmain NERFINISHED
languageOfExpression English
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
literarySignificance considered one of the most beloved teenage narrators in English literature
medium novel
narrativeForm diary
narratorOf I Capture the Castle NERFINISHED
notableCharacteristic documents her own emotional development
records daily life in detailed journals
occupation diarist
writer
personalityTrait imaginative
introspective
observant
romantic
publisherOfWorkAppearedIn William Heinemann NERFINISHED
residence Godsend Castle NERFINISHED
crumbling castle in the English countryside
settingTime 1930s England

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I Capture the Castle hasMainCharacter Cassandra Mortmain
subject surface form: I Capture the Castle (2003 film)