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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780061711299
ISBN: 0061711292
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: February 01, 2009
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Release Date: February 10, 2009
Studio: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:


At the staid Marcia Blaine School for Girls, in Edinburgh, Scotland, teacher extraordinaire Miss Jean Brodie is unmistakably, and outspokenly, in her prime. She is passionate in the application of her unorthodox teaching methods, in her attraction to the married art master, Teddy Lloyd, in her affair with the bachelor music master, Gordon Lowther, and—most important—in her dedication to "her girls," the students she selects to be her crème de la crème. Fanatically devoted, each member of the Brodie set—Eunice, Jenny, Mary, Monica, Rose, and Sandy—is "famous for something," and Miss Brodie strives to bring out the best in each one. Determined to instill in them independence, passion, and ambition, Miss Brodie advises her girls, "Safety does not come first. Goodness, Truth, and Beauty come first. Follow me."



And they do. But one of them will betray her.






Rating: - Prime...
Years ago I saw a TV production of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie." If memory serves, Geraldine McEwan played the title role. I don't remember much about it. Time and again, I would encounter the book on lists like "1001 Books To Read Before You Die." Since this is one of the shorter ones on the those lists, I'm surprised it took me several years to read it. Correction: I waited several years to start it. Reading this book only takes one or two sittings.

I liked the overall Edinburgh ... Read More

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Rating: - A book best enjoyed by those in their prime
Don't give up on this book if you don't like it the first time you read it. It improves with age...your age.

At 14, I just didn't "get" the book. Going to an English all-girls' school I could absolutely identify with the opening passage relating to the dreaded Panama hat, and like many of the girls in the book, boys to us were pretty much a foreign country. However, apart from those aspects I felt the book was irrelevant and rather dated compared to my school days in the late 1970s.
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Rating: - Hippy of the 1930's -- Chapter 3 described it all [76][T]
Imaginatively asking and answering questions to and for her students, protagonist Miss Brodie leads her set of six young women from the ages of 10 to 18 -- a journey that they define to be the "main influence of their school days."

Each girl in the set is different. Like the seven dwarfs, you could nickname the six girls: Rose Stanley (Sexy); Monica Douglas (Brainy); Eunice Gardner (Splits); Sandy Stranger (Pscho); Jenny Gray (Actor) and Mary MacGregor (Sleepy). This eclectic group of ... Read More

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Rating: - Hmm...
This book is definitely a unique read. It is not afraid to "tell it like it is," you may say. However, I found myself wanting to like the characters, especially Jean Brodie, much more than I actually did. I'm not saying that none of the characters were likeable, but I did have a difficult time feeling any sympathy or compassion for any of them.

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Rating: - Superb
This is art. There is not one unnecessary word in this novel. Miss Brodie is a mystery throughout the story and you just go on pondering about the characters long after it is finished.

And, you: Watch the film starring Maggie Smith, too. It's absolutely a masterpiece.

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