the prime of miss jean brodie was written in 1969.
the prime of miss jean brodie was written in 1969.
when was the prime of miss jean brodie written?
1969
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the prime of miss jean brodie can refer to:









































bullet::::- "the prime of miss jean brodie" (novel), a 1961 novel by muriel spark









































bullet::::- "the prime of miss jean brodie", a 1966 stage play based on the novel, starring vanessa redgrave and olivia hussey, which later transferred to broadway starring zoe caldwell









































bullet::::- "the prime of miss jean brodie" (film), a 1969 film based on the novel, starring maggie smith









































bullet::::- "the prime of miss jean brodie" (tv series), a 1978 tv series based on the novel, starring geraldine mcewan
the prime of miss jean brodie
the original brodie set, now seventeen and in their final year of school, begin to go their separate ways. mary and jenny leave before taking their exams, mary to become a typist and jenny to pursue a career in acting. eunice becomes a nurse and monica a scientist. rose lands a handsome husband. sandy, with a keen interest in psychology, is fascinated by mr lloyd's stubborn love, his painter's mind, and his religion. sandy and rose model for mr lloyd's paintings, sandy knowing that miss brodie expects rose to become sexually involved with lloyd. rose, however, is oblivious to the plan crafted for her and so it is sandy, now eighteen and alone with mr lloyd in his house while his wife and children are on holiday, who has exactly such an affair with him for five weeks during the summer. over time, sandy's interest in the man wanes while her interest in the mind that still loves jean brodie grows. in the end, sandy leaves him, adopts his roman catholic religion, and becomes a nun. beforehand, however, she meets with miss mackay and blatantly confesses to wanting to bring a stop to miss brodie. she suggests that the headmistress could accuse brodie of encouraging fascism, and this tactic succeeds. not until her dying moment a year after the end of world war ii is miss brodie able to imagine that it was her confidante, sandy, who betrayed her. after her death however, sandy, now called sister helena of the transfiguration and author of "the transfiguration of the commonplace," maintains that "it's only possible to betray where loyalty is due." one day, an enquiring young man visits sandy at the convent, because of her strange book on psychology. he enquires about the main influences of her school years, asking her: "were they literary or political or personal? was it calvinism?" sandy answers him, instead, by saying: "there was a miss jean brodie in her prime."
the prime of miss jean brodie (novel)