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Muriel Spark

1918-2006
Published over 20 novels and several
collections of short stories

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) is


her best novel

In her early novels, interest in exploring


the nature of truth and reality,
challenging the perception of what
constitutes “normality” and “reality”

“We differ at root, the headmistress and I, upon the question whether we
are employed to educate the minds of girls or to intrude upon them.” (The
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie)

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