The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
Adapted from the novel by Muriel SparkComedy /4m, 15f / Platform set
Miss Brodie is a teacher, a formidable figure who molds young minds to her form. And what is more, she is so intensely interesting that the girls admire her above all else. But Miss Brodie is not honest. She prevaricates and then tells the girls to do as she tells them, not as she does herself. She is having an affair with the music teacher and has had one with the art teacher, and this is not the most exemplary conduct. A
Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. After some years living in Africa, she returned to England, where she edited Poetry Review from 1947 to 1949 and published her first volume of poems, The Fanfarlo, in 1952. She eventually made her home in Italy. Her many novels include Memento Mori (1959), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), The Girls of Slender Means (1963), The Abbess of Crewe (1974), A Far Cry from Kensington (1988) and The Finishing School (2004). Her short stories were collected in 1967, 1985 and 2001, and her Collected Poems appeared in 1967. Dame Muriel was made Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (France) in 1996 and awarded her DBE in 1993. She died in Italy on 13th April 2006, at the age of 88.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780452264519 |
| ISBN 10 | 0452264510 |
| Title | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Author | Muriel Spark |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Plume |
| Year published | 1992-02-27 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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