The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 15, 2002

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Who it’s for
Readers drawn to elite campus circles and morally corrupt youth
Themes
Moral arrogance and corruption, Elite campus life, Ancient rites and death
Genres
Literary Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Coming-of-Age

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A Read With Jenna Book Club Pick • International Bestseller “Enthralling. . . . A remarkably powerful novel.” — The New York Times In this brilliant novel from Donna Tartt, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch , comes a richly textured and hypnotic story of golden youth corrupted by its own moral arrogance. Richard Papen had never been to New England before his nineteenth year.

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Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life—in particular by an elite group of five students, Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable. Yet as Richard was accepted and drawn into their inner circle, he learned a terrifying secret that bound them to one another. . . a secret about an incident in the woods in the dead of night where an ancient rite was brought to brutal life. . . and lead to a gruesome death. And that was just the beginning...

Who it’s for

  • Readers drawn to elite campus circles and morally corrupt youth
  • Readers interested in secret rites and gruesome deaths

Where it sits

Coming-of-Age71%
Psychological Fiction51%
Literary Fiction43%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Authors
Donna Tartt
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
October 15, 2002
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Moral arrogance and corruption · Elite campus life · Ancient rites and death