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I CAPTURE THE CASTLE - DODIE SMITH TASCHENBUCH

Dodie Smith was born in Manchester in 1896. Aged 17 she set off for London  determined to
become an actress  but she struggled to find work  living off baked beans in freezing hostels.
While working at the famous Heals department store  Dodie turned to writing plays instead  and
her first was an overnight sensation - the newspapers excitedly declared 'Shopgirl Turns
Playwright!'. During the war she moved to Hollywood with her husband  and it was there  spurned
on by regret and homesickness for the English countryside she'd left behind  that Dodie began
writing I Capture the Castle. When a friend gave Dodie a dalmatian puppy (presented in a hat
box!) this began a life-long love of the spotty dogs. Dodie's well-loved novel 101 Dalmatians
was inspired by her experiences of raising fifteen puppies. She lived in a ramshackle cottage
with her husband and many other animals until her death in 1990  aged 94.

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