The Secret History
Under the ivy-clad walls of an elite New England college, a group of brilliant misfits seeks beauty, transcendence—and commits an unthinkable act. The Secret History is a haunting descent into the intoxicating world of ancient ideals and modern guilt, where intellect collides with morality and the line between admiration and obsession dissolves. As their secret begins to unravel, one must ask: can you study the sublime without becoming monstrous yourself? Tartt’s lyrical prose casts a long, elegant shadow, inviting readers to peer into the darkness behind knowledge and the price of belonging. This is a story not just of murder, but of how easily we can lose ourselves in the pursuit of something greater.
- Originally Published: 1992
- Publisher: Penguin General UK, 2002
- Genre: Psychological Fiction
- Pages: 640
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780140167771
- Access: Members
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THE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE
‘Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together—my future, my past, the whole of my life—and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh!’
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.
‘Haunting, compelling and brilliant’ The Times
‘Irresistible and seductive’ Guardian
‘Enthralling… Forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled’ New York Times
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