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The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie Author Muriel Spark Dies
Written by Paul Rance
Monday, 17 April 2006

Scottish author Muriel Spark, who died on April 13th, aged 88, was best known for her famous novel, 'The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie' - which was adapted for both film and TV.

Muriel Spark also wrote critical studies on famous women authors Emily Bronte and Mary Shelley. Ms. Spark lived in New York City, before moving to Tuscany, Italy, where she spent the last years of her life.

 

Product image for ASIN: 0141181427 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Penguin Modern Classics)

Synopsis
She was a schoolmistress with a difference. Proud, cultured, romantic, her ideas were progressive, even shocking. And when she decided to transform a group of young girls under her tutelage into the "creme de la creme" of Marcia Blaine school, no one could have predicted the outcome.

 

 

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