The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. So when she decides to transform a group of special girls into the creme de la creme at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known, perhaps suspiciously, as the Brodie set. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Beautifully packaged reissue of Muriel Sparks best loved novelYou girls are my vocation . . . I am dedicated to you in my primeMiss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. So when she decides to transform a group of special girls into the cr me de la cr me at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known, perhaps suspiciously, as the Brodie set.Introduced to an unsettling world of adult games and curious intrigues, the Brodie Set know that they are honoured and privileged. Yet there is a price to pay - they must give Miss Brodie their undivided loyalty . . . Notes New editions of 2 of Sparks classic novels, reissued in a beautiful new package. Author Biography Muriel Spark was born and educated in Edinburgh. She was active in the field of creative writing since 1950, when she won a short-story writing competition in the Observer, and her many subsequent novels include Memento Mori (1959), The Ballad of Peckham Rye (1960), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), The Girls of Slender Means (1963) and Aiding and Abetting (2000). She also wrote plays, poems, childrens books and biographies. She became Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1993, and died in 2006. Review The most gifted and innovative British novelist of her generation -- David Lodge * The New York Times *Sparks most celebrated novel. This ruthlessly and destructively romantic school maam is one of the giants of post-war fiction * Independent *Sparks novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards -- John Updike * New Yorker *One of the greatest books about growing up -- James Wood * Guardian *"Clever and elegant" is very acute as a catch-all description of Muriel Sparks appeal -- William Boyd * Telegraph * Promotional Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. Review Text The most gifted and innovative British novelist of her generation Review Quote The most gifted and innovative British novelist of her generation--David Lodge, The New York Times Sparks most celebrated novel. This ruthlessly and destructively romantic school maam is one of the giants of post-war fiction -- Independent Sparks novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards --John Updike, New Yorker One of the greatest books about growing up --James Wood, Guardian " Clever and elegant " is very acute as a catch-all description of Muriel Sparks appeal--William Boyd, Telegraph Promotional "Headline" Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. Details ISBN0241964008 Author Muriel Spark Pages 128 Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ISBN-10 0241964008 ISBN-13 9780241964002 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.914 Birth 1918 Media Book Series Penguin Essentials Language English UK Release Date 2013-06-06 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-06-06 Audience General NZ Release Date 2013-07-23 AU Release Date 2013-07-23 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:52456876;

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