You know who I feel like? Cassandra Mortiman, of Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle. I feel like Cassandra as she begins her journaling, in an English March. Not so far off from my own mid-February, except that I have the addition of a foot and a half of sluggishly melting snow. That is rather a different story. Cassandra Mortiman is possibly my favorite female protagonist, though Wendy Darling and Hermione Granger are close competition. She (Cassandra) is not only gifted with an avid imagination, and far too kind and practical for her own good, she lives in a castle! And, of course, she is penniless.Cassandra's journals take her over the adventure of meeting the two young handsome american men in the manor nearby (did I mention the oldest is also the heir of a substantial fortune?), the resultant engagement of her older sister, Rose, to the heir, Simon, her own adventure falling in love with Simon, while a life long friend is smitten with her. The entire story is a, in the words of the author, "...follow-my-leader game of second best we have all been playing..." (Smith, 342) Reading Cassandra's journals and how they take on a life of their own, I wonder, where will my blog take me?
Do you live in a castle?
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