The prime of Miss Jean Brodie ; The girls of slender means ; The driver's seat ; The only problem / Muriel Spark ; with an introduction by Frank Kermode.

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Title:

ISBN:

9781400042067

9781857152746

Personal Author:

Spark, Muriel

Publication Information:

New York : Everyman's Library : Distributed by Random House, 2004.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 462 pages ; 22 cm.

Contents:

The prime of Miss Jean Brodie -- The girls of slender means -- The driver's seat -- The only problem.

Summary:

In four short works of contemporary fiction that probe metaphysical truths, a charismatic teacher has a devastating impact on her students, young women struggle for survival in a post-war London hostel, a woman searches for her own death, and a man is implicated in his wife's terrorist activities.

Title Subject:

Bible. Job -- Study and teaching -- Fiction

Geographic Term:

France -- Fiction

Subject Term:

Women teachers -- Fiction

Lovers -- Fiction

World War, 1939-1945--England--London -- Fiction

Young women--England--London -- Fiction.

Travel -- Fiction.

Canadians--France -- Fiction.

Runaway husbands -- Fiction