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Title: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie : Perennial Classics Edition by Muriel Spark ISBN: 0-06-093173-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 February, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (53 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Here's why you should read this book
Comment: This book offers many things that are appealing: a female protagonist (flawed, like the rest of us), somewhat complex, young female supporting characters, feminist undercurrents, and psychological delvings into the female mind, particularly in the 1930's. It is charming when Miss Brodie plays golf with her "set," or has them for tea. On the other hand, her love of Hitler and Mussolini is stupifying; one realizes the magnitude of her power over the young minds of her students.
As a teacher myself, I have witnessed teachers who have this same mentality, a sort-of god-complex, whereby the students become their fascisti...it is highly self-serving. But when I was done with this novel, I didn't know what to think. I didn't like Sandy or Jean Brodie. It hardly mattered what became of any of them in the end. All their efforts, too, were highly self-serving. I'm not sure what this says of the female psyche, if anything -- I'm not sure if this novel does a perfect job of helping its readers draw any conclusions about the matter. This is why I give the novel four instead of five stars.
Finally, in part because of the anachronistic telling of events, one ends up just noticing Spark's literary style (which, ironically, is highly self-serving).
Rating: 4
Summary: Not what I expected
Comment: When I went into my school's library to pick out an independent reading book, I asked my librarian for some advice. I showed her my list and right off the bat she picked out The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. She said it was a beautiful book and so interesting she could not put it down. I wasn't sold completely until I found it and saw that it wasn't very long. I used to love reading, but recently I had found it dull, especially with the exceedingly boring books one usually finds on recommended reading lists. I started reading this book and I immdediately connected with the young girl's connection with their teacher and their naive views of life. I wasn't expecting these girls to speak of issues such as sex and love. They seemed to be quite interested in their teacher's love life. The setting of this book is mainly within the school where Miss Brodie teaches. Throughout this book Miss Brodie is said to be in her "prime" which I didn't really quite catch on to until later in the novel. Miss Brodie's class is pretty much the dream class of any young female student. Miss Brodie teaches what she, herself, feels is important and not necessarily the curriculum which they were supposed to teach. She speaks of her experiences and interesting topics for young girls in the 1930s. Soon enough Miss Brodie picks out her favorites, six girls that they refer to as "The Brodie Set." Miss Brodie's life is revolved around these girls. She teaches them what is important in a young lady's life. How to be a proper woman, the arts, and of course, love. In the beginning of the book, the girls have a naive view of sex. They would often say things that were very negative towards this act and they stated that they would never do it themselves. They often wondered if their beloved Miss Brodie has ever performed this act and they decided that she didn't, because it would be degrading to her beauty and stature. Later on, Miss Brodie encourages the girls to become sexually active and tells them all of the romance in her life and stories of her true love. She always hinted that she'd had sexual intercourse, but proclaimed that she hadn't. Miss Brodie would also take them to different theatrical performances and teach them about the great artists, and how art was not only drawing, but writing and poetry. Up until this point, I hadn't figured out what the plot of the story actually was. I didn't see a huge turning point, or any climax whatsoever. The book seemed to talk about the lives of the girls while they were young, and eventually in their own prime. It also shows these girls while they are older and they no longer talk to Miss Jean Brodie. The huge turning point of this story is when Miss Brodie gets fired because of one of her own girls in her "Brodie Set." This book was an excellent read and I was very surprised with its turnout. It is the perfect book for any woman.
Rating: 4
Summary: The Prime of Muriel Spark
Comment: When I went into my school's library to pick out an independent reading book, I asked my librarian for some recommendations. I showed her my list and right off the bat she picked out The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark. She said it was a beautiful book and so interesting that she could not put it down. I was skeptical until I found it and saw that it wasn't very long. I used to love reading, but I always found the recommended books (especially the ones on the reading list) exceedingly boring.
I started reading this book and I immediately connected with the young girls' love for their teacher and their naive views of life. I wasn't expecting these girls to speak of issues such as sex and love. They seemed to be quite interested in their teacher's love life.
The setting of this book is mainly within the school where Miss Brodie teaches. Throughout this book Miss Brodie is said to be in her "prime" which I didn't really quite catch on to until later in the novel...... I didn't see a huge turning point, or any climax whatsoever. The book seemed to talk about the lives of the girls while they were young, and eventually in their own prime. It also shows these girls while they are older and no longer talk to Miss Jean Brodie. ..This book was an excellent read and I was very surprised with its turnout. It is the perfect book for any woman.
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