The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
“TO ME EDUCATION IS A LEADING OUT OF WHAT IS ALREADY THERE IN THE PUPIL'S SOUL": FIRST EDITION OF THE PRIME OF MISS JEAN BRODIE
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.
SPARK, Muriel.
$750.00
Item Number: 116307
London: Macmillan, 1961.
First edition of Muriel Sparks’ eighth and best-loved novel. Octavo, original cloth. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Victor Reinganum. An exceptional example.
"The twinkling wit of Muriel Spark is always a joy to behold, and never more so, in my opinion, than in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (Connolly, 260). Listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest novels of the 20th century. It was adapted to film in 1969 for which Maggie Smith won the Academy Award for Best Actress.
