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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Philadelphia and New York: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1962. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo (large). First American edition. A substantial portion of this book originally appeared in The New Yorker. Original green cloth. 187 pp. Lacks original jacket, else a fine copy. Listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the 20th century, this is Muriel Sparks' eighth and best-loved novel. It was adapted to film in 1969, for which Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress in the title role. It was also adapted into a stage play in London starring Vanessa Redgrave and on Broadway starring Zoe Caldwell.
Synopsis
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, author Muriel Spark’s best-known work, is the story of an eccentric Edinburgh teacher who inspires cult-like reverence in her young female student-followers, referred to as “the crème de la crème.” Proud and cultured, Miss Brodie makes her distaste for conventional education known to the girls and she instead instills in them her own passion for art, music, men, and all things Italian. At first, her ideas dazzle and seduce the girls; however, Miss Brodie’s hubris—her excessive self-confidence—also exposes the girls to a new world of adult games and boundary crossing. Miss Brodie’s character is loosely based on Christina Kay, who taught Sparks for two years at James Gillespie's School for Girls. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is so short that it was first published, in its entirety, in the New Yorker. (Macmillan later reissued it in novel form). The novel has been adapted several times. Perhaps most notable is the 1969 film adaptation, starring Maggie Smith who won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is ranked 76th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century and 79th on The Guardian’s list of the 100 best novel. It is also included in TIME’s “100 Best Novels” (since 1923).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004513
- Title
- The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Publisher
- J.B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia and New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Muriel Spark, Fiction, Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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- 12mo
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- Jacket
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- New
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- Cloth
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