In the words of the famous crime writer Ian Rankin: ‘It’s such a perfect gem of a story, morally complex, harrowing, funny, and featuring the most charismatic anti-hero in Scottish literature.’
He’s referring to Muriel Spark’s masterpiece, ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’ voted by Time magazine as one of the top 100 novels of the 20th century. Set in a Scottish school it follows the affect of a teacher on a group of girls. Is Miss Brodie’s bewitching personality a blessing or a curse?
I’ve always rather admired her strong-willed Romanticism (which is perhaps why I was cast in the role in my College’s production when I was 18!)
No one can play her as well as the amazing Maggie Smith however. Here is a clip of her in Oscar winning form:
