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Dodie Smith
A hundred and one dalmatians and more! This bumper Modern Classic edition includes the original Hundred and One Dalmatians and Dodie Smith’s sequel, Starlight Barking.
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Cassandra’s father was once a famous writer, but now he mainly reads detective novels while his family slide into genteel poverty. Her sister Rose is bored and beautiful, and desperate…
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When Jane Minton arrives at Dome House as a secretary-housekeeper, she finds herself sharing the comfortable country home of four attractive young people. Their charming widower father, Rupert Carrington is…
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During a summer festival in an English spa town Miles Quentin, a distinguished actor, and his devoted wife become friendly with the local MP Geoffrey Thornton, and his young daughters…
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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful
A beautiful hardback edition of one of the funny, heartbreaking, iconic coming-of-age novel.
'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink' is the…
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‘I write this sitting in the kitchen sink…’ This is the story of Cassandra, precocious and charming, who begins a journal detailing her life with her bohemian family in a…
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Cassandra Mortmain lives with her impoverished family in a crumbling castle. Her journal records her life with her bored sister Rose, her stepmother Topaz, her little brother Thomas and her…
Valerie Grove
Frank and funny, unorthodox, liberated and quintessentially English, Dodie Smith, playwright and novelist, was the author of those immortal classics, The Hundred and One Dalmations and I Capture the Castle.
The life of an English family shown in terms of the chatter of youngsters, the careers and nursery memories of the middle-aged and the sense of the swift passing of…
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We first meet Roger and Dorothy at the unprepossessing hour of 8 a.m. when Vera wakes them with the early morning tea. We say farewell to them, less than sixteen…
When they awake to find that every living creature in England, except the dogs, is asleep, Dalmatians Pongo and Missis discover unusual abilities that lead them to London where their…
A delightful re-issue from the author of I Capture the Castle.
Soon to be a major motion picture released by Samuel Goldwyn films, I Capture the Castle tells the story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty…
Cassandra Mortmains’ journal tells of eight months in the lives of her and her family. The landlord of their crumbling castle comes on an unexpected visit. Cassandra’s sister Rose becomes…
The story of 17-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in an English castle, I Capture the Castle is as brightly witty and adventuresome today as it…
/Dodie Smith That daring, hilarious pack of hounds from the classic tale of canine intrigue returns in a
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I Capture the Castle tells the story of seventeen-year-old Cassandra and her family, who live in not-so-genteel poverty in a ramshackle old English castle. Here she strives, over six turbulent…
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Dogs are the only creatures in the world that are awake and can communicate through thought waves. Pongo, Missis and the family swoosh up to London to see if they…
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Patricia Hodge stars as Cruella de Vil in this full-cast dramatisation of the much-loved story. All its original charm and warmth are fully evident here in this full-cast dramatisation which…
This is the journal of Cassandra Mortmain; an extraordinary account of life with her equally extraordinary family. The result is both marvellously funny and genuinely moving.
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A beloved novel is reissued with a Foreword by New York Times -bestselling author Han. Cassandra and her family live in a ramshackle old English castle. Over three turbulent months…
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Peter Bently,Dodie Smith
A special 32 page picture book adaptation of Dodie Smith’s much-loved classic story, perfect for children aged 3 years and up.
Glyn V. Robbins,Dodie Smith
Dodie Smith’s children’s novel is brought to the stage by Glyn Robbins.
Dodie Smith,Peter Bently
Addasiad Cymraeg gan Elin Meek o stori boblogaidd Dodie Smith One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Pan fydd cwn bach Pongo a Missis yn cael eu dwyn, maen nhw'n gwybod mai…
