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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.
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, murder mystery novel by Donna Tartt, published in 1992. Tartt’s first novel, begun when she was still at Bennington College and bought for a reported $450,000 by Knopf after a bidding war, quickly became a bestseller and made its author a reluctant star.
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Sep 11, 1992 · One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years. Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries.
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Oct 21, 2022 · The Secret History: A murder mystery that thrills 30 years on. 21 October 2022. By Clare Thorp, Features correspondent. Getty Images. Thirty years since it was first published, Donna Tartt's...
A novel by Donna Tartt about a group of college students who commit a murder and face the consequences. Learn about the characters, themes, motifs, symbols, and quotes of this literary work.
The Secret History. Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt’s novel is a remarkable achievement—both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.
