How long does it take to read I Capture the Castle?
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith takes about 6 hours 39 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 39 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1948. 363 pages, about 99,825 words. Written for young adults.
14 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 39 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 78 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Cassandra, the 17-year-old narrator, lives an eccentric existence in a crumbling castle in the English countryside in the 1930s. Her father is a former bestselling novelist now suffering from a chronic case of writer's block and her glamorous but bohemian stepmother Topaz is a sometime artist model. Money is in short supply but Cassandra and her discontented older sister Rose are forced to make the best of things - until some young, wealthy American neighbours arrive and Rose sees an opportunity for them all to escape their impoverished existence. Even when she is encountering the difficulties of first love and first heartbreak, Cassandra remains a wonderfully likable heroine, with a strong narrative voice and a distinctive sense of humour. Whimsical, charming and beautifully written, this engaging classic novel will appeal equally to both adult and young adult readers.
Subjects: Fiction, Castles, Fiction, family life, Fiction, coming of age, Fiction, humorous, England, fiction
