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The Finishing School is the last novel written by British author Muriel Spark and published by Viking Press in 2004. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It concerns 'College Sunrise', a mixed-sex finishing school in Ouchy on the banks of Lake Geneva near Lausanne in Switzerland .
The protagonist is 14-year-old Sophronia, who enrolls in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia finds out that this is not an ordinary finishing school; in addition to dance, dress, and etiquette, she and her classmates are also trained in the fine arts of espionage and assassination.
A finishing school focuses on teaching young women social graces and upper-class cultural rites as a preparation for entry into society. [1] [2] [3] The name reflects the fact that it follows ordinary school and is intended to complete a young woman's education by providing classes primarily on deportment, etiquette, and other non-academic subjects.
The House That Screamed (Spanish: La residencia, lit. The Residence), also released as The Finishing School, [5] is a 1969 Spanish slasher film written and directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador, and starring Lilli Palmer, Cristina Galbó, John Moulder-Brown, and Mary Maude.
[1] [2] Valery had a dislike of schools; she attended four of them with one being a finishing school and was incorrectly diagnosed as dyslexic. [3] Just before she turned 18, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service , [ 2 ] and was taught commando tactics such as parachute jumping behind enemy lines and twisting a bayonet to cause the ...
Virginia Radcliff is enrolled at the exclusive Crockett Hall finishing school by her mother, with the acquiescence of her wealthy businessman father. Miss Van Alstyne, the head of the school, informs her new student of Crockett Hall's strict rules of ladylike conduct, but Virginia's new roommate, Cecilia Ferris, soon sets her straight.
Building the new school was estimated to cost a little more than $10 million, while renovations were projected at $9.6 million. Ruby King, a kindergartner at Bloom Elementary, during the school's ...
Finishing School, American romantic drama directed by George Nichols, Jr. Finishing School, Italian romantic comedy directed by Bernard Vorhaus; also known as Luxury Girls; original title Fanciulle di lusso; The Finishing School, 1969 Spanish horror feature directed by Narciso Ibáñez Serrador