![]() ![]() The reader is allowed access to the elusive and exclusive Brodie set, those girls chosen by Miss Brodie to be nurtured and educated the Brodie way. She needs them as an extension of herself, and to live out missed dreams of her own. She wants these girls to adore her, to be malleable, to bend to her will. The line quoted at the beginning of the synopsis says it all. Miss Brodie is narcissistic, kind, selfish, considerate, moody and happy all at the same time. ![]() This is a short novel, easily read in a day, but it’s length doesn’t make it any the less absorbing or impacting. But they soon learn their loyalty may be misguided. As for the chosen few, the Brodie set, they at first revel in their distinction. ![]() Her unconventional teaching methods and unusually close relationships with her pupils worry some. Miss Brodie is beloved by her pupils, decried by her colleagues. But the price they pay is their undivided loyalty. They are the Brodie set, the crème de la crème, each famous for something – Monica for mathematics, Eunice for swimming, Rose for sex – who are initiated into a world of adult games and extracurricular activities they will never forget. Passionate, free-thinking and unconventional, Miss Brodie is a teacher who exerts a powerful influence over her group of ‘special girls’ at Marcia Blaine School. ‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age, and she is mine for life. ![]()
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