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0bsessiv3s0ul · 3 days

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Thinking about this.

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mmarkschwartz · 1 day

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our Repressed Paper is unreliable narrator

alright.

but what didn’t he tell us?!

he fell into bed with francois?

cuniculus molestus is a nice guy?

camilla snores?

who knows…

#donna tartt #the secret history #tsh donna tartt #tsh #francis abernathy #richard papen #camilla macaulay #bunny corcoran

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smeagol-on-my-deagol · 2 days

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PART 5

reading 'the secret history' by donna tartt for the first time, here are my thoughts after reading through chapter 5:

[CONTAINS SPOILERS] obviously

— does richard papen have a thing for feet????

— "je me sens comme hélène keller, mon vieux." is so funny i wish it were said under better circumstances

— has richard been coked out this whole time?? or was him doing coke with judy poovey in a burger king parking lot just like something he was in the mood for???

— either way, it makes sense for him

— henry writing about murdering a guy in his journal and then not burning it was a crazy move

— richard is wayyyyy too chill about murder

— like man idk why you're acting like there's something wrong with bunny for having a drawn-out breakdown after finding out his best friends committed murder

— god bunny sucks so bad

— also maybe i'll take back what i said about bunny being very straight,,,, why, after arguing with your best friend, would you fall asleep in their bed??

— maybe that's just me though, either way he's got some issues

— bunny and henry's italy divorce story time

— camilla i'm gonna get you out of there

— i support women's wrongs

— calling people "hoi polloi" unironically, richard you are such a little prick

— this book is so well-written

— like i hate everyone but also i want things to go well for everyone

— the implication of both of the twins participating in the bacchanal and then bunny implying that they sleep together,,,,, y'all ,,

— "diabolical rap music"

— professor julian morrow they could never make me like you

— was going to say something about shared characteristics/parallels between julian and dionysus, but flipping to chapter 6 i see they have a quote about dionysus so

— jesus they just like murdered that guy fr

#the secret history #tsh #tsh donna tartt #donna tartt #bunny corcoran #henry winter #richard papen #charles mcaulay #francis abernathy #camilla macaulay #judy poovey #julian morrow

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praisethelorde · 2 days

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Francis Abernathy

#the secret history #tsh #tsh donna tartt #donna tartt #francis abernathy #richard papen #henry winter #bunny corcoran #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #dark academia quotes #dark academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #chaotic acadmeia quotes #chaotic academia #chaotic academic aesthetic #aesthetic

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charlotlie · 9 months

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bitches be like “this is the best piece of literature i have ever read” and it’s either a book that took them six weeks to finish or a fanfic they read at 3 AM

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lanabanana79 · 8 months

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betryl · 7 months

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Today I discovered that a couple of TSH characters were based on actual people Donna Tartt knew at Bennington College- amongst them were students Todd O'Neal and Matt Jacobsen, who were the inspiration for Henry and Bunny respectively.

AND JUST—

There's even their own comments about it and it's so funny wait:

Here's the source

#tsh #the secret history #henry winter #bunny corcoran #camilla macaulay #charles macaulay #francis abernathy #richard papen #i wasn't expecting them to be LITERALLY them #made my day

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pagesofjasmine · 8 months

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“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”

| The Secret History

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qiornono · 5 months

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it’s that time of year again where i reread tsh for the bajillionth time so here is the greek class!!!

#the secret history #tsh #bunny corcoran #francis abernathy #henry winter #camilla macaulay #richard papen #charles macaulay #donna tartt #bookblr #my art #these are old actually! i just never posted them here for some reason?? but i really like how these portraits came out!!

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nostalgicacademia · 2 months

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“Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?”

― Donna Tartt, The Secret History

PD: Hi, I'm doing a survey on Aesthetics for my university research, anyone who knows what aesthetics are can answer and I'd be very happy!

Link to the survey

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averagepretentiousreader · 9 months

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Life is short. Drink another coffee. Read another book. Listen to your favourite song again. Hug your mom. Laugh. Cry. Dance in the rain. Push your friend off a cliff because of a milkshake.