Muriel Spark is a classic of English literature, a writer who was awarded the title of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Her works - exquisitely witty, balancing on the brink of realism and surrealism - are well known all over the world. Critics praise their stylistic versatility, and readers are captivated by their originality and romanticism. Two of the most striking novels by Muriel Spark. Teacher Jean Brodie - the heroine of the first work - is the goddess and evil genius of six Edinburgh schoolgirls. This extraordinary woman is trying to teach them “Truth, Goodness and Beauty,” but her teaching methods shock those around her, and even the schoolgirls themselves... The youth of the “girls” from the second novel occurred at the end of World War II. These young creatures are poor, like all worthy people in England, but they hope to make a career in the capital and somehow arrange their personal life.