From AudioFile
Geraldine McEwan tackles with aplomb Muriel Spark's rich tale of individuation among small-minded academics. Set in Edinburgh in the tempestuous political era of the 1930s, the story's universal theme of standing up against conventionality is still relevant and stirring nearly seventy years later. McEwan glides through Spark's text, adeptly altering her accents and intonations to suit each character. There is hardly a moment when it is not absolutely clear who is speaking. All this adds to the complete package of the audiobook, making it suitable for casual listeners and students of literature alike. R.A.P. (c) AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine



"A perfect book."



"A gloriously witty and polished vignette."



"Admirably written, beautifully constructed, extremely amusing, and deeply serious."


John Updike, The New Yorker
"Muriel Spark is one of the few writers on either side of the Atlantic with enough resources, daring, and stamina to be altering, as well as feeding, the fiction machine."


Commonweal
"Intelligent, witty...Spark's powers of invention are apparently inexhaustible."


The Spectator
"Remarkable: Surprises are systematically reduced until there is only one left, and it is like the stab of a stiletto."


New Statesman
"A remarkable novel."


Saturday Review
"Admirably written, beautifully constructed, extremely amusing, and deeply serious."


Times Literary Supplement
"A gloriously witty and polished vignette."


Chicago Tribune
"A perfect book."


Book Description
The elegantly styled classic story of a young, unorthodox teacher and her special--and ultimately dangerous--relationship with six of her students.


The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Novel by Muriel Spark, published in 1961 and adapted for the stage in 1966. The story of an eccentric Edinburgh teacher who inspires cultlike reverence in her young students, the novel was Spark's best-known work. The novel explores themes of innocence, betrayal, and cold rationality opposed to unchecked emotionalism. The story of Miss Brodie's ultimate downfall is told from the unsympathetic perspective of one of her students.


About the Author
Dame Muriel Spark was born in 1918. She is the author of more than twenty books, including Memento Mori, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, and Symposium.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The elegantly styled classic story of a young, unorthodox teacher and her special—and ultimately dangerous—relationship with six of her students.

About the AuthorDame Muriel Spark was born in 1918. She is the author of more than twenty books, including Memento Mori, The Ballad of Peckham Rye, and Symposium.

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