![]() ![]() Tartt does not hold back her vivid imagery of the quaint New England college town, transporting the reader right to Hampden. Details like the 1980s fashion, dialogue in untranslated Greek and Latin, and privileged backgrounds of each character gives the reader a deep understanding of the group of friends and their loyalty to one another. Tartt creates an ominous academic atmosphere from the beginning through her descriptions of the characters and their school. However, as he becomes tangled into their web of secrets, he finds himself unable to escape their gravity and unsure of who to trust. The story is told from the perspective of Richard Papen, a new student who slowly immerses himself into this group of friends. ![]() The school is fictional, but heavily inspired by Bennington College in Vermont, Tartt’s alma mater. The Secret History, set in the 1980s, follows a mysterious, tight-knit group of Classics students at Hampden College, an elite liberal arts school in New England. Tartt-a Pulitzer Prize winning author-famously combines all these elements in The Secret History, creating a story that has been haunting readers since it was published in 1992. ![]() If you’re a fan of books with dark themes, eccentric characters, and tons of twists and turns, you’ve probably heard of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History. ![]()
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