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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.
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.
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.
Charm school or finishing school, providing young women with training in the social graces; Charm School (Bishop Allen album), 2003; Charm School (Roxette album), 2011; Charm School, a reality television series airing on VH1 Charm School with Ricki Lake; The Charm School, a 1988 spy thriller novel by Nelson DeMille
Some of these colleges may have started as finishing schools but transformed themselves into rigorous liberal arts academic institutions, as for instance the now defunct Finch College. [1] Likewise the secondary school Miss Porter's School was founded as Miss Porter's Finishing School for Young Ladies in 1843; now it emphasizes an academic ...
Carriger's series for young adults, the four-book Finishing School series, launched with Etiquette & Espionage in February 2013 and was an instant New York Times bestseller. [10] The Finishing School series takes place in the same world as the Parasol Protectorate series, featuring an earlier
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