{"product_id":"muriel-spark-the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie-first-edition-1962","title":"Muriel Spark : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie : First Edition 1961","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eBy Muriel Spark\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003ePublished by Macmillan \u0026amp; Co, London, 1961. First Edition \/ First Printing. Hardback in an unclipped dust jacket. 171 pages (last page not numbered).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003eA good first edition. The dust jacket remians unclipped and in good condition just some fractional rubbing to the spine ends Boards and spine are very good. No names or writing. All contents present and pages good throughout. Overall a good first edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie \u003c\/b\u003e(1961) is a novel by Scottish writer Muriel Spark. It explores the relationship between a group of six female students and their eccentric teacher, Jean Brodie, over the course of roughly 15 years. Using nonlinear narrative techniques, including flashbacks and flash forwards, the novel examines the influence of adults on adolescents, particularly in the context of their sexual and spiritual development. Set in Edinburgh in the 1930s and early 1940s, it also incorporates contemporary European political and social issues—particularly the rise of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler—as it questions the nature of power and knowledge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial;\"\u003e(Loc: Glass cabinet no 4 )\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57264062038393,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/3496\/4020\/files\/ms.jpg?v=1778680032","url":"https:\/\/thegentlymadbookshop.co.uk\/products\/muriel-spark-the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie-first-edition-1962","provider":"The Gently Mad Book Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}