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Sep 16, 1992 · The Secret History follows Richard Papen as he transfers from California to Hampden College in New England. He joins a small elite group who study Greek and are obsessed with the classics—taught by an eccentric and mysterious professor who teaches them a different way of thinking.
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The Secret History is an inverted detective story narrated by one of the six students, Richard Papen, who reflects years later upon the situation that led to the murder of their friend Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran – wherein the events leading up to the murder are revealed sequentially.
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever.
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Oct 21, 2022 · Part thriller, part coming-of-age campus novel and part Greek tragedy, The Secret History begins with one of literature's most memorable first lines; "The snow in the...
Summary. Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Donna Tartt's The Secret History. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. The Secret History: Introduction. A concise biography of Donna Tartt plus historical and literary context for The Secret History. The Secret History: Plot Summary.
The Secret History. Donna Tartt. Knopf, 1992 - Fiction - 523 pages. Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt’s novel is a remarkable achievement—both compelling and elegant,...
The Secret History is a wonderfully beguiling book, a journey backward to the fierce and heady friendships of our school days, when all of us believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin.”
