![]() ![]() ’S i Brodie obair cho cliùiteach ’s a sgrìobh an t- Albannach Muriel Spark-mu neach-teagaisg ficseanach ann an nobhail leasaichte son àrd-ùrlar, sgrìn neo telebhisean. Miss Kay encouraged her young pupil to write – and inspired Miss Brodie’s famous line, ‘Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life.’ Spark would later refer to Miss Kay ‘a character in search of an author’ and based Jean Brodie on her. ![]() ![]() It was there that Spark fell under the influence of teacher Christina Kay. Spark was educated at James Gillespie’s School for Girls – made famous (or perhaps infamous!) in her novel as the Marcia Blane School. Cathy MacDonald reveals how Spark used her experience of Edinburgh between the wars, the rise of fascism, her own schooldays and an inspirational teacher to shape one of the great novels of the 20th century. Jean Brodie is Scottish writer Muriel Spark’s most famous creation - the fictional teacher in a novel that has also been adapted for stage, screen and television. ![]()
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