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Episode 4
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie earns Spark critical and commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic. Read by Hannah Gordon. From August 2009.
Hannah Gordon reads from Martin Stannard's biography of the acclaimed Scottish novelist, written with full access to her letters and papers.
Spark's life is transformed by the publication of her fifth novel, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, which gained critical and commercial success on both sides of the Atlantic when it was published in 1961.
Abridged by Rosemary Goring.
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