“In fact, it was the religion of Calvin of which Sandy felt deprived, or rather a specified recognition of it. She desired this birthright; something definite to reject. It pervaded the place...”
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<b>One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'</b><br><br><b>'A sublimely funny book ... it is a book to be read by all ... unforgettable and universal' Candia McWilliam</b><br><br>Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy - 'the crème de la crème' - who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a privileged world of adult games that they will never forget. Muriel Spark's <i>The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie </i>was adapted into a successful stage play, and later a film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Maggie Smith.
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