The prime of Miss Jean Brodie ; The girls of slender means ; The driver's seat ; The only problem /

Spark, Muriel.

The prime of Miss Jean Brodie ; The girls of slender means ; The driver's seat ; The only problem / Muriel Spark ; with an introduction by Frank Kermode. - xxxv, 462 pages ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xx).

In four short works of contemporary fiction that probe metaphysical truths, a charismatic teacher has a devastating impact on her students, young women struggle for survival in a post-war London hostel, a woman searches for her own death, and a man is implicated in his wife's terrorist activities.

9781857152746 (hbk.)

2003069487


Women teachers--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--England --London--Fiction.
Young women --England--London--Fiction.
Travel--Fiction.
Canadians--France--Fiction.
Runaway husbands--Fiction.

PR6037.P29 / A6 2004

823.914 SPA / 023160