The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Perennial Classics)

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"Miss Jean Brodie, of the Marcia Blaine School for Girls, has some unorthodox teaching methods. Putting aside the official curriculum, she tutors a hand-picked group of students on important topics like her love life, the fact that she is in her "prime" (whatever that means), Renaissance painting, and the finer points of Fascism. Spark assumes a God-like voice, occasionally fast-forwarding to the girls' futures: fiery deaths, disappointing marriages, etc. As you laugh at Miss Brodie's outrageous "