{"product_id":"the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie-9780141181424","title":"The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Muriel Spark\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMuriel Spark's \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie \u003c\/i\u003eincludes an introduction by Candia McWilliam in Penguin Modern Classics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy - 'the cr me de la cr me' - who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a privileged world of adult games that they will never forget. Muriel Spark's \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted into a successful stage play, and later a film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Maggie Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuriel Spark (1918 - 2006) wrote poetry, stories, and biographies as well as a remarkable series of novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie \u003c\/i\u003e(1961)\u003ci\u003e, The Mandelbaum Gate \u003c\/i\u003e(1965) which received the James Tait Black Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Public Image\u003c\/i\u003e (1968) and \u003ci\u003eLoitering with Intent\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), both of which were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Spark was awarded the T.S. Eliot Award for poetry in 1992, and the David Cohen Prize for literature in 1997. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Evelyn Waugh's \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'A sublimely funny book ... it is a book to be read by all ... unforgettable and universal'\u003cbr\u003eCandia McWilliam, author of \u003ci\u003eDebatable\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003e Land\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45087561777303,"sku":"9780141181424","price":325.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780141181424.webp?v=1769202821","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie-9780141181424","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}