The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Name: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Muriel Spark
ISBN: 9781433240041

Author: Muriel Spark

Narrator: Nadia May

Unabridged: 5 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 01/01/2006

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

This classic is the darkly intriguing story of an eccentric Scottish teacher and the intense relationship she develops with her students. While her outspoken praise for art, passion, and daring inspire an almost cultlike reverence in her young protges, her politics and frank sensuality lead ultimately to her downfall.

About Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark (1918–2006) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the author of over twenty novels, including The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, as well as critical biographies, radio plays, children’s books, poetry, and short-story collections. She was made a Dame of the British Empire in 1993 and a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 1996.

Reviews

Goodreads review by s.penkevich on November 13, 2023

It's only possible to betray where loyalty is due.’ ‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life,’ states Miss Jean Brodie, the titular character of Muriel Spark’s best regarded novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. This slim and seductive masterpiece tells the story of the ‘Brodi......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on December 31, 2024

Given the current state of education, this book was oddly relevant. There is a teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, who goes above and beyond, teaching a set of girls beyond the curriculum designed for the average, lackadaisical student. Of course, no good deed goes unpunished. While being seduced with quips a......more

Goodreads review by Violet on May 27, 2019

Sex, art and politics. Three areas of life where idealism can get stuck in and have a field day. Miss Brodie has made a vocation of applying gold glitter to her preferences in life and seeks with single-minded righteousness to create a likeness of herself in her pupils. But in this novel Muriel Spar......more