The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Summary

"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" is a novel by Muriel Spark, whose books often touch on controversial subjects. In this novel, Miss Jean Brodie is the teacher at an all girls’ school, the Marcia Blaine School in Edinburgh, Scotland. The novel focuses on the teaching methodologies of Miss Brodie, which are the exact opposite of the other teachers in the junior and senior high school. Miss Brodie chooses a set...

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

6,049 words, approx. 21 pages

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Born in 1918 in Edinburgh, Scotland, Muriel Spark (née Camberg) was the daughter of Bernard and Sarah Elizabeth Maud Camberg. Muriels fa... Read more

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark Muriel Spark, who was born Muriel Camberg in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1918, drew upon her school experiences there as the basis for The Prime of Miss Je... Read more

Muriel Spark Biographies (4)

Muriel Sarah Spark

1,040 words, approx. 4 pages

Muriel Sarah Spark (born 1918) wrote biography, literary criticism, poetry, and fiction, including the novel that was considered her masterpiece, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.Born in Edinburgh on Feb... Read more

Muriel (Sarah) Spark

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Muriel Spark came to the novel after a variety of writing experiences. As a free-lance journalist after her intelligence work in World War II, Spark wrote for the Argentor, a jewelry trade magazine, a... Read more

Muriel (Sarah) Spark

4,802 words, approx. 17 pages

Although she is known primarily as a prolific novelist, Muriel Spark began her writing career with a short story. Her first published work of fiction, "The Seraph and the Zambesi" (Observer, December ... Read more

Muriel Sarah Spark

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Biography EssayMuriel Spark came to the novel after a variety of writing experiences. As a free-lance journalist after her intelligence work in World War II, Spark wrote for the Argentor, a jewelry t... Read more

Essays & Analysis (10)

Critical Essay by Mary W. Schneider

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Critical Review by Samuel Hynes

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Critical Essay by Ann B. Dobie

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Critical Essay by Gerry S. Laffin

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Critical Essay by J. H. Dorenkamp

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Critical Essay by Alan Bold

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Critical Essay by Anne L. Bower

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The Rise to Miss Brodie's Demise

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Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie depicts the coming of age of six adolescent girls, the ."..Brodie set" (Spark 5), in Edinburgh, Scotland during the 1930's, a time whereby great change was... Read more

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