Jean Brodie is a teacher with advanced and unconventional ideas that put her at odds with the other members of staff at the Marcia Blaine School in Edinburgh, as she endeavours to shape the lives of the select group of girls who form her "set".

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (HarperCollinsAudioBooks)

Literature & Fiction

SPARK, MURIEL

Classics

HarperCollins, UK

The elegantly styled classic story of a young, unorthodox teacher and her special--and ultimately dangerous--relationship with six of her students.

Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The (Perennial Classics)

United States

HarpPerenM

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.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: A Novel

Dramas & Plays

Harper Perennial Modern Classics

JOHN MASEFIELD

RANDOM HOUSE UK

The fraying fringes of 1950s literary London Rich and slim, the celebrated author Nancy Hawkins takes us in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spends her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (“of very good books”) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming house. Everywhere Mrs. Hawkins finds evil: with aplomb, however, she confidently sets about putting things to order, to terrible effect.

A Far Cry from Kensington [Signed]

Houghton, Mifflin Company

1990 reprint, light wear to dust jacket, some marking to page edges. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

Symposium

Reality and dreams

Constable

This omnibus contains five Spark novels including "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", which was made into a film featuring Maggie Smith and "The Driver's Seat", which was made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor.

Muriel Spark Ominibus 1 (Fiction - General)

Mary Shelly

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Constable & Robinson Ltd.

A fourth omnibus edition, featuring ROBINSON, TERRITORIAL RIGHTS, THE PUBLIC IMAGE and THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER.

Muriel Spark Omnibus 4: Four Novels in One Volume (Fiction - General)

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