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An edition of The Secret History (1992)

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Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. Originally published: New York: Knopf; London: Viking, 1992.

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Penguin
Language
English
Pages
628

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Subjects

Fiction, College students, Teacher-student relationships, Classicists, Murder, Murderers, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, psychological, College teachers, fiction, Vermont, fiction, American literature, Richard Papen (Fictitious character), College stories, Psychological fiction, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2013-12-01, New York Times bestseller, Estudiantes universitarios, Novela, Asesinato, General, Spanish language materials, Materiales en español, Étudiants, Romans, nouvelles, Spécialistes de lettres classiques, Meurtriers, Roman policier, Relations maitres-eleves, Meurtre, Etudiants

People

Richard Papen, Henry Winter, Bunny Corcoran, Francis Abernathy, Charles Macaulay, Camilla Macaulay, Julian Morrow

Places

Vermont

Times

1982

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Edition Notes

Originally published: New York: Knopf; London: Viking, 1992.

Penguin celebrations.

Published in
London
Series
Penguin classics
Copyright Date
1992

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54, FIC
Library of Congress
PS3570.A77 S42 2007, PS3570.A657

The Physical Object

Pagination
628 pages
Number of pages
628

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL38246222M
ISBN 10
0141035218, 0141023643
ISBN 13
9780141035215, 9780141023649
OCLC/WorldCat
361475993

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL4321141W

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Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last - inexorably - into evil.

Excerpts

The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.
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The opening line.

Does such a thing as ‘the fatal flaw’, that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside of literature? I used to think it didn’t. Now I think it does. And I think that mine is this: a morbid longing for the picturesque at all costs.
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The opening of the first chapter.

I was charmed by his conversation, and despite its illusion of being rather modern and digressive (to me, the hallmark of the modern mind is that it loves to wander from its subject) I now see that he was leading me by circumlocution to the same points again and again. For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive.
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A characterization of Richard, Julian, and Henry.

An old shoe was lying on the asphalt in front of the loading dock, where the ambulance had been only minutes before. It wasn’t Bunny’s shoe. I don’t know whose it was or how it got there. It was just an old tennis shoe lying on its side. I don’t why I remember that now, or why it made such an impact on me.
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A reflection by Richard on Bunny's murder.

"There is nothing wrong with the love of Beauty. But Beauty - unless she is wed to something more meaningful - is always superficial. It is not that your Julian chooses solely to concentrate on certain, exalted things; it is that he chooses to ignore others equally as important."
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Georges Laforgue on Julian Morrow.

"Well, you know what Julian would say," said Francis. "There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious."
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Francis, talking with Richard and Camilla, in the epilogue.

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