Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatization of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel. In the 1930s, 17-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk countryside. Her father, an author wrestling with writer's block, spends his time reading detective stories; her bohemian stepmother Topaz is an artist's model; and her beautiful older sister Rose is determined to escape the poverty of their existence ideally by marriage to a rich man. Intelligent and observant, Cassandra chronicles the eccentricities of her relations in her journal, in a bid to capture her family and their lives at the castle. When two rich American brothers, Simon and Neil Cotton, arrive unexpectedly, the family's isolation is disrupted. Rose accepts a marriage proposal from Simon, and as she is whisked off to a world of wealth in London, Cassandra is left to deal with the increasingly bizarre behavior of her father as well as her own feelings for Simon . . . Dodie Smith's charming, funny, and poignant love story is a classic of 20th-Century English literature and this sparkling adaptation, starring Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger, will enchant and delight. Duration: 2 hours"
A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation
CD-Audio
Publication Date: 01/06/2016
- ISBN:
- 9781785292613
- 9781785292613
- Category:
- Contemporary fiction
- Format:
- CD-Audio
- Publication Date:
- 01-06-2016
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 142x124x11mm
- Weight:
- 0.1kg
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