Muriel Spark

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born

February 01, 1918 in Edinburgh, The United Kingdom

died

April 13, 2006

gender

female

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Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Poetry

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Dame Muriel Spark, DBE (February 1, 1918 – April 13, 2006) was a leading Scottish novelist most famous for her 1961 novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Spark also wrote short stories, poetry, and 21 other novels, including The Mandelbaum Gate (1965), which won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and The Public Image (1969) and Loitering With Intent (1981), both Booker Prize nominees.

As a novelist, Spark is known for her wit, her brevity, and her ability to infuse even life's grimmest moments with humor. She published well into her 80s and died in Florence, Italy, at age 88.

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Average rating: 3.67 · 14,515 ratings · 1,509 reviews · 82 distinct works

	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 7,144 ratings — published 1961 — 56 editions	My rating:
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Girls of Slender Means, The Driver's Seat, The Only Problem 3.74 avg rating — 1,188 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Girls of Slender Means 3.67 avg rating — 803 ratings — published 1963 — 22 editions	My rating:
	Memento Mori 3.71 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 1959 — 25 editions	My rating:
	A Far Cry from Kensington 3.75 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 1988 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Driver's Seat 3.74 avg rating — 686 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Loitering With Intent 3.80 avg rating — 483 ratings — published 1981 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Finishing School 3.11 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 2004 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Aiding and Abetting 3.17 avg rating — 365 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	My rating:
	The Ballad of Peckham Rye 3.52 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1960 — 21 editions	My rating:

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“Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.”
― Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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“The word "education" comes from the root e from ex, out, and duco, I lead. It means a leading out. To me education is a leading out of what is already there in the pupil's soul.”
― Muriel Spark, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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“If you're going to do a thing, you should do it thoroughly. If you're going to be a Christian, you may as well be a Catholic. ”
― Muriel Spark

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