

So Sandy, Jenny, Rose, Monica, Eunice and Mary become 'the Brodie set.' They're despised by others because of the blatant favouritism, yet envied because they seem to have a lot more fun. She's suffered loss in her life, and decides to leave her stamp on the world by hand-picking a select group of girls to mould and shape in her own image. Miss Jean Brodie is a progressive, stylish teacher who works at a traditional girl's school in Edinburgh of the 1930's. This is my choice for the 20th century classic section of the 2019 Back to the Classics Challenge. Follow me." And they do-but one of them will betray her. Determined to instill in them independence, passion, and ambition, Miss Brodie advises them, "Safety does not come first.

She is passionate in the application of her unorthodox teaching methods and strives to bring out the best in each one of her students. At the staid Marcia Blaine School for Girls in Edinburgh, Scotland, teacher extraordinaire Miss Jean Brodie is unmistakably, and outspokenly, in her prime.
