In this sophisticated book nothing is accidental, everything appears as part of a system, in a pair, a contrast, a symmetry. Any details provide the metaphor of the entire book itself, the same way as the junior girls carry their adult fate. The characters are archetypes and individuals simultaneously. The consistent presence of number 7 increases the presence of a fate: 7 students, 7 teachers, and through 7 years we observe their road: their blossoming youth in the full prime of Miss Brodie between 1931-1938.
And what a clear, exact, economical language!
A brilliant book, an extraordinary writer!
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