The Secret History Trade paperback - 1992
by Donna Tartt
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Details
- Title The Secret History
- Author Donna Tartt
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Alfred A Knopf, New York, NY
- Date September 1992
- Bookseller's Inventory # 33921
- ISBN 9781400031702 / 1400031702
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 in (20.07 x 12.95 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: New England
- Topical: Coming of Age
- Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Vermont
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004271588
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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About this book
Summary
From the publisher
From the jacket flap
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 their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.
First Edition Identification
The Secret History novel was first published in 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf. The original retail price was $23.00. “First edition” is stated on the copyright page. Pictorial boards, spine lettered in black on a white ground, acetate dust jacket with a price of $23.00, and three reviews by John Grisham, Jay McInerney, and Ruth Rendell.
There are two possible variations of the first edition, one with a yellow tone, and another with a gray tone.
Media reviews
Citations
- Entertainment Weekly, 12/05/2014, Page 73