The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

One of the BBC Arts 100 Most Inspiring Novels <p>Edinburgh, 1930, and the world is on the brink of change. Leading the charge is the glamorous, free-spirited Miss Jean Brodie, schoolteacher at the Marcia Blaine Academy, whose guiding principle is 'Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she'll be mine for life. I am dedicated to you in my prime.' While Miss Brodie manipulates and charms 'her girls' - known as the Brodie Set - with notions of romance and heroism, tragedy and a cruel betrayal beckon.</p> <p>This is one of the 22 novels written by Muriel Spark in her lifetime.</p>

Hardback | 144 pages | Published September 2025