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 main character being a female teacher called Miss Jean Brodie. She was a spinster although she would have confessed to such thing. She prided herself on the teaching of five little girls, whom went by the names of: Rose Stanley, Monica Douglas, Sandy Stranger, Jenny Gray, and Mary Macgregor. These girls in miss Brodie's opinion were to be the crème de la crème. Let me tell you a little about the characters personalities.
             Miss Brodie in my opinion is a very arrogant woman who considers herself her very important figure of importance; take for example page fourteen.
             'If only you small girls would listen to me, I could make you the crème de la crème.
             The Brodie set consisted of five girls as I have already told you. Let me go into a little more detail on each.
             Rose Stanley, later in her school life became famous for sex, but the book makes it very clear that this is not literally speaking; she is famous for sex appeal, as she is the prettiest of the group.
             Jenny Gray, well known for her way of speech, this is was due to many elocution lessons. Jenny also so had a passion for drama; her life ambition was to become a famous actress. She was also Sandy's best friend.
             Sandy Stranger was merely notorious for her small eyes, but she was also well known for her vowel sounds. This thing had caught miss boride's attention.
             Sandy also had a very creative imagination; she was able to create conversations with people who only existed in her hea
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