The Secret History
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The Secret History is a critically acclaimed 1992 novel by Donna Tartt that follows a group of elite college students whose obsession with ancient Greek culture leads them into murder and moral disintegration.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Secret History canonical | 5 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
campus novel
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novel ⓘ psychological thriller novel ⓘ |
| author | Donna Tartt ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| coverArtist | Chip Kidd ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| debutWorkOf | Donna Tartt ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Julian Morrow ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Little Friend ⓘ |
| genre |
dark academia
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literary fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasFanBase | cult following ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 0-679-74558-0 ⓘ |
| hasMotiveForMurder | fear of exposure and social ruin ⓘ |
| hasMurderVictimCharacter | Bunny Corcoran ⓘ |
| hasOpeningLine | The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we understood the gravity of our situation. ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | 559 ⓘ |
| influencedGenre | dark academia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | dense descriptive prose ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bunny Corcoran
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Camilla Macaulay ⓘ Charles Macaulay ⓘ Francis Abernathy ⓘ Henry Winter ⓘ Richard Papen ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrator | Richard Papen ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of an elite liberal arts college subculture
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early example of the dark academia aesthetic in fiction ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A group of elite classics students at a small Vermont college become involved in murder and its psychological aftermath. ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| setting |
Hampden College
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Vermont ⓘ |
| structure | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
aestheticism and beauty
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class privilege ⓘ guilt ⓘ moral disintegration ⓘ obsession with classical antiquity ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | 1980s ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Donna Tartt