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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (Book Analysis)

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark (Book Analysis)

Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

978280801708448EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including relationships, education and doubles. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Muriel Spark Presentation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Summary of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Character study Jean Brodie Teddy Lloyd Sandy Stranger Analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Historical and literary context Narrative structure Images of the double in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie About The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is Muriel Spark’s best-known novel, and was ranked as one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Its title character is a charismatic schoolteacher with fascist sympathies who pays particular attention to a chosen coterie of girls, known as “Brodie’s set”. She is an unconventional, often contradictory character whose influence on her students endures long after they have left school, but one day is betrayed by one of them and forced out of the job she considers her vocation. The novel has been adapted for both the stage and the screen, and Dame Maggie Smith won an Academy Award for her performance in the title role in the 1969 film version. About Muriel Spark Muriel Spark was a Scottish poet and novelist. After growing up in Edinburgh and Watford, she moved to Southern Rhodesia with her husband at the age of 19, but left shortly afterwards due to his unstable temper and violent outbursts. Later on, she lived in London, New York, Rome and Florence. She received significant critical recognition for her writing during her lifetime: she was awarded eight honorary doctorates, won numerous literary prizes and received a damehood in 1993.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including relationships, education and doubles. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography of Muriel Spark Presentation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Summary of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Character study Jean Brodie Teddy Lloyd Sandy Stranger Analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Historical and literary context Narrative structure Images of the double in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie About The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is Muriel Spark’s best-known novel, and was ranked as one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Its title character is a charismatic schoolteacher with fascist sympathies who pays particular attention to a chosen coterie of girls, known as “Brodie’s set”. She is an unconventional, often contradictory character whose influence on her students endures long after they have left school, but one day is betrayed by one of them and forced out of the job she considers her vocation. The novel has been adapted for both the stage and the screen, and Dame Maggie Smith won an Academy Award for her performance in the title role in the 1969 film version. About Muriel Spark Muriel Spark was a Scottish poet and novelist. After growing up in Edinburgh and Watford, she moved to Southern Rhodesia with her husband at the age of 19, but left shortly afterwards due to his unstable temper and violent outbursts. Later on, she lived in London, New York, Rome and Florence. She received significant critical recognition for her writing during her lifetime: she was awarded eight honorary doctorates, won numerous literary prizes and received a damehood in 1993.application/pdf1
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including relationships, education and doubles. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time....
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This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including relationships, education and doubles. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as follows:

  • Biography of Muriel Spark
  • Presentation of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Summary of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
  • Character study
    • Jean Brodie
    • Teddy Lloyd
    • Sandy Stranger
  • Analysis of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
    • Historical and literary context
    • Narrative structure
    • Images of the double in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

About The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is Muriel Spark’s best-known novel, and was ranked as one of the 100 best novels of the 20th century by the Modern Library. Its title character is a charismatic schoolteacher with fascist sympathies who pays particular attention to a chosen coterie of girls, known as “Brodie’s set”. She is an unconventional, often contradictory character whose influence on her students endures long after they have left school, but one day is betrayed by one of them and forced out of the job she considers her vocation. The novel has been adapted for both the stage and the screen, and Dame Maggie Smith won an Academy Award for her performance in the title role in the 1969 film version.

About Muriel Spark

Muriel Spark was a Scottish poet and novelist. After growing up in Edinburgh and Watford, she moved to Southern Rhodesia with her husband at the age of 19, but left shortly afterwards due to his unstable temper and violent outbursts. Later on, she lived in London, New York, Rome and Florence. She received significant critical recognition for her writing during her lifetime: she was awarded eight honorary doctorates, won numerous literary prizes and received a damehood in 1993.

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