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The Secret History

Donna Tartt

The Secret History is the first novel by the American author Donna Tartt, published by Alfred A. Knopf in September 1992. A campus novel, it tells the story of a closely knit group of six Classics students at Hampden College, a small, elite liberal arts college in Vermont.

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GenreLiterary fiction· first published 1992

Vivek’s Notes

An instant literary sensation: a closely knit group of six students at a small, elite New England college whose preoccupations with their studies lead them on a path towards murder.

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