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PUBLISHER: ASL

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 9780948877148

RRP: £5.50

PAGES: 58

PUBLICATION DATE:
February 9, 1999

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Muriel Spark’s “Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”

David S. Robb

Muriel Spark’s arch, subversive novel entertains us with its amusing, nostalgic evocation of the 1930s schooldays of a group of middle-class Edinburgh girls – then forces us to face up to the easy surface charms, and darker undercurrents, of Miss Jean Brodie’s perfect self-assurance. David Robb’s SCOTNOTE study guide untangles the many aspects of this novel – historical, political, psychological and religious – and is an ideal guide for senior school pupils and students at all levels.

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