The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
A classic story about a teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, who is in her prime. Brodie is not your typical teacher at a very conventional school and she mentors a specific set of girls known at the Brodie set.
Miss Jean Brodie is always introduced as being in her "prime" which loosely translates to being a young woman in love and is loose and free. Brodie just happens to be in love with someone she can't have, so she uses another man instead. The girls of the Brodie set are curious about sex and are constantly prying into Miss Brodie's personal life. In turn, she uses them to get information about the man she pines for.
Not my favorite story but it is a classic and a theme that has been re-done in many times.
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