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product_id: 39718267
title: "The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)"
brand: "muriel spark"
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# The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)

**Brand:** muriel spark
**Price:** 23088CFA
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic) by muriel spark
- **How much does it cost?** 23088CFA with free shipping
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The Girls of Slender Means (New Directions Classic)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Probably like most people here I've come to this book having ...
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2015*

Probably like most people here I've come to this book having first read Muriel Spark's wonderful "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."  "The Girls of Slender Means" has the same wonderfully sharp prose, which alone makes the book worth reading.Several people have commented that the beginning of the book is slow and that they were knocked out by the ending.  I had the opposite reaction: the beginning, with its incredibly evocative portrait of London in 1945, fascinated me.  The ending began to lose my interest a bit, though I can't reveal why without giving anything away.Still, all told, a highly recommended work.One word of caution, though: the Kindle edition is terrible, replete as it is with typos.  I make a point when reading Kindle books to report content errors, and I had to do it dozens and dozens in this very short book.  I hope New Directions makes the necessary corrections (some publishers seem to ignore them), because it was incredibly frustrating to run into mistakes page after page - really broke my reading flow.

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    Intriguing novel, poor Kindle edition
  

*by A***Y on Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2016*

This short novel set in London during and after the Second World War excels at creating interest without wasting words. It would be a good choice for a book club--there is so much to wonder and talk about. The Kindle Edition, unfortunately, is liberally sprinkled with typographical errors. It's pretty clear that no one proofread it.

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    Odd, and Thought Provoking
  

*by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2018*

Not my favorite Muriel Spark, I much preferred A Far Cry From Kensington. That said, the story stays with you, I pondered it for days, turning the characters over and over in my mind, what was it about, I feel as if I eventually figured it out. It is certainly well worth reading.

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