The Girls of Slender Means
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| The Girls of Slender Means | |
| Author | Muriel Spark |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Macmillan Publishers |
| Publication date | 1963 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-333-06704-5 |
| Preceded by | The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Followed by | The Mandelbaum Gate |
The Girls of Slender Means is a novella written in 1963 by Scottish author Muriel Spark. It is set in 'The May of Teck Club', established "for the Pecuniary Convenience and Social Protection of Ladies of Slender Means below the age of Thirty Years, who are obliged to reside apart from their Families in order to follow an Occupation in London". It concerns the lives and loves of its disparate residents amongst the deprivations of immediate post-war Kensington between VE day and VJ day in 1945. The frame story, set in 1963, concerns the news that Nicholas Farringdon, an anarchist intellectual turned Jesuit, has been killed in Haiti. The bulk of the novella is taken up by flashbacks to 1945, concerning Farringdon and the club.
[edit] Film adaptation
It was adapted for television in 1975, starring among others Patricia Hodge and Miriam Margolyes.
