{"product_id":"9780141181424","title":"Modern Classics Prime of Miss Jean Brodie","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A sublimely funny book ... it is a book to be read by all ... unforgettable and universal' Candia McWilliam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRomantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy - 'the crème de la crème' - who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a privileged world of adult games that they will never forget. Muriel Spark's \u003ci\u003eThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie \u003c\/i\u003ewas adapted into a successful stage play, and later a film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Maggie Smith.","brand":"Muriel Spark","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":48438431776980,"sku":"9780141181424","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_f7413be8-cf84-4538-8551-07048a727ece.jpg?v=1786149292","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9780141181424","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}