I’d read it cover to cover, even if I wasn’t interested in some of the articles, because it seemed so glamorous and different than my own life. I would always be sure to get that month’s Vanity Fair. In return, the owner would let me pick out a magazine to take home. My mother used to work at a bookstore in town, and I would go there after school and straighten the shelves. Let me take you back to September of 1992.
For me, the first time I read it, it was just about the most exciting thing I had read in all my 16 years. She does it on the very first page, and then has you flipping pages to find out just what happened. If you remember back to the first sentence: “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.” One of the amazing marvels that Donna Tartt pulls off with this book is telling readers exactly who is dead, who did it, and why. *RECORD SCRATCH* Wait, did I just spoil The Secret History for you? Nope, not at all. And then Bunny decides to blackmail the group. But friendships become strained when something bad happens with the group. But through a series of events, Richard manages to infiltrate their tiny circle and becomes enamored with the other five students. Richard, who has actually studied Ancient Greek, is told the class is full and he can’t participate. The class is led by their aloof instructor, Julian. On a campus of snobby elites, the Classics group is considered the most exclusive.
By signing up you agree to our terms of use Thank you for signing up! Keep an eye on your inbox. Keep in mind the publication of the book predates Prince Charles and Camilla.) Particularly the group of classics students: Henry, Francis, Bunny, and the twins, Charles and Camilla. Everyone seems beautiful and interesting to him. He is from a poor family, but the small campus is populated with the teenagers of some of the wealthiest families in the country. Richard is immediately enthralled with Hampden College. So with a lot of effort, he transfers schools.
A liberal arts college on the other side of the country, where no one knows him, and where he might actually get to experience the changing of seasons, is exactly what Richard thinks he needs. Just as Richard is becoming resigned to the fact that he’s going to keep living an uninteresting existence in California, he sees a brochure for Hampden College in Vermont. He’s dissatisfied with life, kind of a lonely only child, and not really attached to anything in his town, including his parents. It’s about a high school graduate named Richard in California 1983. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the plot of The Secret History, let me give you a not-so-brief overview.
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