The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

One of the BBC Arts 100 Most Inspiring Novels

Edinburgh, 1930, and the world is on the brink of change. Leading the charge is the glamorous, free-spirited Miss Jean Brodie, schoolteacher at the Marcia Blaine Academy, whose guiding principle is ‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she’ll be mine for life. I am dedicated to you in my prime.’ While Miss Brodie manipulates and charms ‘her girls’ – known as the Brodie Set – with notions of romance and heroism, tragedy and a cruel betrayal beckon.

This is one of the 22 novels written by Muriel Spark in her lifetime.

Format:Hardback 144 pages
Publisher:Birlinn General
Imprint:Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Edition:Special Edition
ISBN:9781846977183
Published:4 Sep 2025
Classifications:Holidays & seasonal interest, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), Romance, Historical fiction, Fiction: special features
Weight:226g
Dimensions:135 x 205 x 19 (mm)