The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Book Review A lady called Muriel Spark wrote this book in 1961. The author herself was actually born and educated in Edinburgh, and then spent some years in central Africa. She returned to Britain during the war. For a time she worked for the political intelligence department of the foreign office. Then in 1961 she wrote this book. The book takes place in Edinburgh in 1931, before the Second World War. The …showed first 75 words of 1173 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1173 total…oyable and really worth reading. It shows what schools used to be like it and how many riles there were and how many manners and morals there were. If we take the time to look around us, we would see a world or rushed people, children growing up before they have to and work taking over our social lives. Take the time to sit down and read this book, it really is worth it.