Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Edinburgh, 1930, and the world is on the brink of change. Leading the charge is the free-spirited Miss Jean Brodie, but while Miss Brodie manipulates and charms 'her girls' - known as the Brodie Set - with notions of romance and heroism, tragedy and a cruel betrayal beckon... The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is one of Muriel Spark's greatest novels.

About the author

Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. A poet, essayist, biographer and novelist, she won much international praise, including being twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize. The Times placed her eighth in its list of the Fifty Greatest British Writers Since 1945. She died in Tuscany in 2006.
Alan Taylor has been a journalist for over 30 years. He was deputy editor and managing editor of The Scotsman, and for 15 years was Writer-at-Large for the Sunday Herald. He has contributed to numerous publications, including The Times Literary Supplement, The New Yorker and The Melbourne Age and was co-founder and editor of The Scottish Review of Books. He was editor of the centenary editions of the collected novels of Muriel Spark and has edited several acclaimed anthologies, including The Assassin’s Cloak (2000). He also wrote the bestselling Appointment in Arezzo: A Friendship with Muriel Spark (2017). He also edited Madly, Deeply: The Alan Rickman Diaries (2022). 

Summary

Edinburgh, 1930, and the world is on the brink of change. Leading the charge is the free-spirited Miss Jean Brodie, but while Miss Brodie manipulates and charms ‘her girls’ – known as the Brodie Set – with notions of romance and heroism, tragedy and a cruel betrayal beckon... The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is one of Muriel Spark's greatest novels.

Product details

• Authors: Muriel Spark
• Assisted by: Alan Taylor (Introduction)
• Publisher: BIRLINN LIMITED
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9781846977183
• ISBN: 978-1-84697-718-3
• No. of pages: 144
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Romance, FICTION / General, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Romance / General, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction: special features, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Holidays & seasonal interest, c 1930 to c 1939, International Women’s Day, Category fiction, Classic fiction: literary and general