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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Author: Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie probes with impeccable skill and consummate artistry the halcyon years of a fiercely independent and unorthodox school teacher and her relationship with six favorite pupils. How Miss Brodie enjoys, exploits and ultimately becomes a victim of her vaunted 'prime' forms the basis of a novel so intelligent, so witty an...  more »
ISBN: 377325
Publication Date: 1962
Pages: 187
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Publisher: Delta
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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reviewed The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on + 18 more book reviews
This is not a script.
thameslink avatar reviewed The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on + 723 more book reviews
A fabulous book that I have reread over and over again.
reviewed The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on + 2 more book reviews
"A perfect book." -- Chicago Tribune

"A gloriously witty and polished vignette." -- Times Literary Supplement

"Admirably written, beautifully constructed, extremely amusing, and deeply serious." -- Saturday Review

The elegantly styled classic story of a young, unorthodox teacher and her special--and ultimately dangerous--relationship with six of her students. Published in 1961 and adapted for the stage in 1966, this story of an eccentric Edinburgh teacher who inspires cultlike reverence in her young students was Spark's best-known work.
reviewed The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie on + 15 more book reviews
Book was terse and choppy. Not one of my favorites.


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