
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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Narrated by:
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Wanda McCaddon
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Muriel Spark
The scandalously outspoken Miss Brodie makes big waves in the conservative Scottish school, preaching the value of art, passion, and daring. While her bold values inspire an almost cult-like reverence in her young protégées, her politics, rivalries, and frank sensuality lead ultimately to her downfall.
Told from the unsympathetic perspective of one of Miss Brodie's students, the novel explores themes of innocence and betrayal and the tension between cold rationality and unchecked emotionalism.
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Critic reviews
"A perfect book." (Chicago Tribune)
"Admirably written, beautifully constructed, extremely amusing, and deeply serious." (Saturday Review)
"A gloriously witty and polished vignette." (Times Literary Supplement)
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Noah Balfour
02.06.24
A Strange Little Novel
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I highly recommend this short novel. It is a very well written story about innocent impression, that evokes sympathies that change as the 'girls' grow up.I kept reminding myself that the book was published in the early 60's, but i'm not sure it required such reminders, being so much ahead of its time.
unlike the initial impression, i found in the book, much beyond the 'growing up' aspect.
It was especially touching, to recognize the author in 'Sandy', and realise that Spark was inspired by her own 'Miss Brodie in her prime'.
"There was a Miss Jean Brodie in her prime"
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Nadia May made the story come alive.
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Gets better with every listen
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A classic for good reason
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how can you resist
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Intriguing Book
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Meh
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Entertaining
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The technique may sound “experimental”, but the effect is far more enjoyable than some literary innovations the 20th century foisted on an unsuspecting public. With its scene shifts and leaps in time, the narrative can sound as fractured and scattershot as Miss Jean Brody’s teaching method—or her views on art, life and her “girls”. But the ultimate sense of well-rounded completeness is akin to that we derive from a good three-volume Victorian novel—minus several hundred pages. Nadia May reads this one as if the story was written for her.
The Prime of Muriel Spark (and Nadia May)
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