The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark [In-person Meeting]

This event is supported by The Royal Institute of Philosophy’s Local Partners Programme.

N.B. this meeting will be held in person in the Prince of Wales pub near Covent Garden. There is also an online session held on Thursday if you are not in London or are not able to attend in person for any other reason.

Charisma, predestination, education, sexuality and a love for Mussolini all mix together in a 1930s Edinburgh girls' school. Continuing our 'Crisis of Values' theme, this short novel takes us to the 'Brodie' set, six girls under the charm of the eponymous teacher and a betrayal that will be her downfall.

The meeting starts at 7pm with drink breaks at 8 and 9. The discussion will end around 10pm but leave whenever you need to.

Here's the blurb from GoodReads:

Romantic, heroic, comic and tragic, unconventional schoolmistress Jean Brodie has become an iconic figure in post-war fiction. Her glamour, unconventional ideas and manipulative charm hold dangerous sway over her girls at the Marcia Blaine Academy - 'the crème de la crème' - who become the Brodie 'set', introduced to a privileged world of adult games that they will never forget.