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The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie: A Novel (P.S.)
Muriel Spark
Harper Perennial
February 2009
On Sale: February 1, 2009
160 pages
ISBN: 0061711292
EAN: 9780061711299
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At the staid Marcia Blaine School for Girls, in Edinburgh,
Scotland, teacher extraordinaire Miss Jean Brodie is
unmistakably, and outspokenly, in her prime. She is
passionate in the application of her unorthodox teaching
methods, in her attraction to the married art master, Teddy
Lloyd, in her affair with the bachelor music master, Gordon
Lowther, and—most important—in her dedication to "her
girls," the students she selects to be her crème de la
crème. Fanatically devoted, each member of the Brodie
set—Eunice, Jenny, Mary, Monica, Rose, and Sandy—is "famous
for something," and Miss Brodie strives to bring out the
best in each one. Determined to instill in them
independence, passion, and ambition, Miss Brodie advises her
girls, "Safety does not come first. Goodness, Truth, and
Beauty come first. Follow me." And they do. But one of them will betray her.
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