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ISBN
9781400031702
Book Title
Secret History
Item Length
8in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
2004
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1in
Author
Donna Tartt
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz
Number of Pages
576 Pages

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A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A contemporary literary classic and "a n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" ( Village Voice ) , f rom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch. 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. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. "A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400031702
ISBN-13
9781400031702
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Book Title
Secret History
Author
Donna Tartt
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
576 Pages

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Item Length
8in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3570.A657s4 2004
Reviews
"A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment.... Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller .... Absolutely chilling .... Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured .... Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." -- Vanity Fair "Her writing bewitches us .... 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." -- The Philadephia Inquirer "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction .... Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." -- The Times (London), "A beautifully written story, well-told, funny, sad, scary, and impossible to leave alone until I finished. . . . What a debut!" --John Grisham "Powerful . . . Enthralling . . . A ferociously well-paced entertainment." -- The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller . . . Absolutely chilling . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "A smart, craftsman-like, viscerally compelling novel." -- Time "A thinking-person's thriller . . . Think Lord of the Flies , then The Rules of Attraction . . . . The Secret History combines a bit of both--the unmistakable whiff of evil from William Golding's classic and the mad recklessness of priviledged youth from Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the '80s. . . . As stony and chilling as any Greek tragedian ever plumbed." -- New York Newsday "Tartt's voice is unlike that of any of her contemporaries. Her beautiful language, intricate plotting, fascinating characters, and intellectual energy make her debut by far the most interesting work yet from her generation." -- The Boston Globe "A long tale of friendship, arrogance, and murder knit together with the finesse that many writers will never have . . . Her writing bewitches us . . . 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." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "The great pleasure of the novel is the wonderful complexity and the remarkable skill with which this first novelist spins the tale. And a gruesome tale it is. . . . A great, dense, disturbing story, wonderfully told." -- Cosmopolitan "The Secret History implicates the reader in a conspiracy which begins in bucolic enchantment and ends exactly where it must--though a less gifted or fearless writer would never have been able to imagine such a rich skein of consequence. Donna Tartt has written a mesmerizing and powerful novel." --Jay McInerney "Donna Tartt has invested this simple and suspenseful plot with a considerable amount of atmosphere and philosophical significance. . . . She's a very good writer indeed." -- The Washington Post Book World "A glorious achievement . . . The Secret History is a grand read--an artful blend of intelligence, entertainment, and suspense that quickens the pulse." -- The Virginian Pilot & Ledger-Star "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "One of the best American college novels to come along since John Knowles's A Seperate Peace . . . . Immensely entertaining." -- Houston Chronicle "Donna Tartt is clearly a gifted writer. . . . The cadence of her sentences, the authority with which she shaped 500-plus pages of an erudite page-turner indicate she has the ability to leave her literary contemporaries standing in the road. . . . The decision to murder has about it the inevitability of classical Greek tragedy." -- The Miami Herald "Donna Tartt has a real shot at becoming her generation's Edgar Allan Poe. . . . The Secret History pulses like a telltale heart on steroids." -- Glamour, " The Secret History succeeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller. . . . Absolutely chilling. . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction. . . . Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." -- The Times (London) "Her writing bewitches us. . . . 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." -- The Philadephia Inquirer "Enthralling. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously wll-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times Book Review "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured. . . . .Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." Vanity Fair, " The Secret History succeeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller .... Absolutely chilling .... Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction .... Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." -- The Times (London) "Her writing bewitches us .... 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." -- The Philadephia Inquirer "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured .... Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." - Vanity Fair, "The Secret Historysucceeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled."--The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller. . . . Absolutely chilling. . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." --The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." --Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction. . . . Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." --The Times(London) "Her writing bewitches us. . . .The Secret Historyis 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." --The Philadephia Inquirer "Enthralling. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously wll-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times Book Review "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured. . . . .Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." Vanity Fair
Copyright Date
1992
Lccn
2004-271588
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Dewey Edition
20

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  • by allisonbeaz
    Jul 29, 2011

    One of my favorites

    Most amazing book ever! Set in New England, The Secret History tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at a small, elite Vermont college, similar in many respects to Bennington College (in Bennington, Vermont) where Tartt was a student from 1982 to 1986. One of the six students is the story's narrator, Richard Papen, who reflects, years later, on the situation that led to a murder within the group, implying such at the outset but otherwise revealing events sequentially. In the opening chapter, as the reader is introduced to Papen, the death of student Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran is revealed, although few details are given initially. The novel undertakes to explore the circumstances and lasting effects of his murder on an academically and socially ...

  • by americanexpressred
    Feb 13, 2015

    Transcendally thrilling

    Absolutely thrilling. The author weaves the plotline in such a way that enthralls the reader while cleverly exposing revealing characteristics and mannerisms of the central characters. The Devil is in and out of the details! I particularly fancy her depiction of Henry's drug-addled, mentally vapid socialite mother whose mansion has an easily accessible medicine cabinet filled with potent barbiturates, amphetamines, and sedatives.

  • by gerryr11
    Feb 09, 2021

    Excellent Book!

    If you liked The Gold Finch you will also love this book!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by tamill1424
    Sep 15, 2023

    Re-read it again

    I felt like I was really at Hampton yes some part are a little bit bad but I love this book 📖

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-Owned

  • by jessecapp386
    Apr 11, 2013

    Writing at it's very best.

    I could not put this book down.There were so many layers to the story, and so many unexpected twists and turns. I like a book that challenges me, dares me almost, to follow each thread in the tapestry. I don't remember the last time I went through a book as quickly as I did this one.

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