The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Sarah Camberg
- First Published: 1961
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Moral
- Time of Work: 1930-1939
- Setting: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman, Satire
- Subjects: Girls, Maturation or coming of age, Teaching or teachers, Children, Self-discovery, Power, personal or social, Sex or sexuality, Social issues, Education or educators, Betrayal, Friendship, Schools or school life, 1930’s, Women, Death or dying, Moral conditions, Lifestyles, Scotland or Scottish people, Conformity, Students or student life, Fascism
- Locales: Edinburgh, Scotland
Characters Discussed
Miss Jean Brodie, an individualistic teacher of younger students at the Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland. Considered attractive because of her “Roman features” and brown hair coiling at the nape of her neck, Brodie is in her forties, an age that she regards as the prime of her life. She is an early admirer of Benito Mussolini, whom she credits with having eliminated unemployment and litter in the streets of Rome. She later extends her admiration to Adolf Hitler as well and is forced into early retirement. She considers her pupils to...
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