false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168914741m/37387.jpg 37387 2 In Muriel Spark's novels the brevity is only equalled by the brilliance. This collection of four stories, each a miniature masterpiece, illustrates her development over four decades. Despite the seriousness of their themes, all are fantastic comedies of manners, bristling with wit. Her most famous book, The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie, has been made into a play and a film. It explores the perils of personal and political infatuation among schoolgirls and their teachers. Salvation is the theme of The Girls Of Slender Means, which vividly evokes the life of postwar London. The Driver's Seat, made into a film starring Elizabeth Taylor, charts the heroine's descent into madness. The Only Problem is a witty fable about suffering, which brings the Book of Job to bear on contemporary terrorism. 526071 6 5 2004 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Girls of Slender Means, The Driver's Seat, The Only Problem (Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics) total:962|5:228|4:356|3:291|2:70|1:17| 962 3594 1341 88 3 1 false false Mon Jun 30 08:56:56 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 09:00:08 -0700 2008 3 1 false false Fri Apr 27 15:16:38 -0700 2007 Wed Mar 26 08:06:10 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Feb 20 16:51:52 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 22 10:09:59 -0700 2009
There were some things that I enjoyed about it - I really liked the way the narrative tracked the way the girls were negatively influenced by the overbearing nature of Miss Brodie, and how everything eventually fell...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Jun 13 14:06:35 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 14:52:21 -0700 2009 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie was somewhere in the middle of the list, and since I also knew the novel was made into a film with an acclaimed performance by Maggie Smith (long before she was Professor McGone...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 18:46:13 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 22:21:11 -0700 2008
This is the story of a set of five chosen girls to be apart of a very charming and unorthodox teacher in a junior schoo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 02 15:59:04 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 10 07:51:11 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:51:35 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:57:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 02 10:03:39 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 10:32:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 21 04:03:20 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 04:09:06 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Jun 13 09:43:27 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 23 10:02:15 -0700 2009
Essentially, and not to give anything away, this book is about a teacher at a Scottish girl's school and her relationship with six of the girls specifically.

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-Muriel Spark, The Prime of Mis...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1978 Sun May 04 23:21:45 -0700 2008 Sun May 04 23:39:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jun 09 15:18:57 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 23:07:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 09 15:18:57 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 18:21:18 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 18:23:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 25 10:44:50 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 10:47:26 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Mon Oct 12 14:02:03 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 14:03:51 -0700 2009 3 0 true false Fri Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 15:12:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 19:44:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 20:23:11 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 23 20:32:30 -0700 2008 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is an exquisitely written novel set pre-World War II. It constantly creeps in a little more information as to who betrayed Miss Brodie. This book, with calculated suspense, intrigue, and just plain good writing, would ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 01:22:33 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 11:29:23 -0700 2008
The story is about a spinster teacher in the 30's in Edinburgh and about her attitude toawards teaching (anti filling the pupils heads with dead knowledge) and how she creams of six of them to be 'her set'. ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=37387