A delightful summer read—well, anytime read actually—is Scottish author Muriel Spark’s 20th-century novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), which also has an excellent 1969 film adaptation featuring Dame Maggie Smith. Set in an Edinburgh girls’ school during the 1930s, the story follows a group of students mentored by the unconventional if melodramatic teacher, Jean Brodie. The girls are known […]
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