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Morning Book Discussion Group "The Prime of Miss Jean Brody" by Muriel Sparks

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is a short book by novelist Muriel Spark, the best known of her works.  It first saw publication in The New Yorker magazine and was published as a book by Macmillan in 1961. The character of Miss Jean Brodie brought Spark international fame and brought her into the first rank of contemporary Scottish literature. In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie #76 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.



A book discussion group lets you meet and discuss books with other people who like to read.  It gives you the opportunity to examine character development, structure, language, themes, and many more aspects of the books you read.  Book discussion makes reading a more enjoyable and intellectually satisfying experience.  If you have two free hours you are invited to join us.



 

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