48: Dear Dodie

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Jan 15, 202454:39Arts

Dodie Smith was a phenomenally prolific writer who experienced huge success in her lifetime but is now remembered mainly for her much-loved coming of age novel I Capture the Castle , and her bestselling The Hundred and O...

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