Hmm, Muriel Spark, I would have to say you are quite the genius. Miss Jean Brodie is a strange character, a teacher of whom you wouldn't really want teaching your young girls, especially as her influences lead a teacher sleeping with one of the students, or newly graduated ones, at least.
A strange book, but nonetheless a good one, with interesting characters. The way this book flows is a little odd, but it's definitely a classic of its time. Whilst Muriel Spark doesn't have the household name in the way that Jane Austen or Emily Bronte do, she is well worth a read.
Basically this book is about a teacher, Miss Jean Brodie, who is apparently in her 'prime' and so she has a set of girls she teachers who she takes under her wing, and nurtures them into what she wants them to be. We hear both the story of the girls, as they grow and develop, and the story of Miss Jean Brodie.
Apart from this, I don't have much else to say. It's not a long book, at only 128 pages, but it still takes a little bit to get through. Definitely worth the read, if you're into that kind of thing, and I can see why it is on the list.
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