In this novel, a girl is criticized for staring at the ceiling while trying to walk like Sybil Thorndike.
In this novel, a girl is criticized for staring at the ceiling while trying to walk like Sybil Thorndike. A character in this novel imagines that "some heedless member of the Unemployed" left the paint for the boat of the Lady of Shalott, whose poem she is called to recite because of her "vowel sounds." This novel begins by describing the differences in how five characters wear panama hats; these characters, including the clumsy (*) Mary Macgregor and the athletic Eunice Gardner, have heard of "Renaissance painters...but not the capital of Finland." The title character of this novel makes food for Mr. Lowther and tries to manipulate Rose Stanley into having an affair with Teddy Lloyd. Later, she is "betrayed" by Sandy Stranger, who reveals her fascist sympathies to her school's faculty. For 10 points, name this Muriel Spark novel about the titular eccentric teacher, who claims to be in the peak of her life.
In this novel, a girl is criticized for staring at the ceiling while trying to walk like Sybil Thorndike.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie