Why Donna Tartt's The Secret History Never Became a Movie
A discussion of the novel's publishing history, and various unsuccessful attempts to adapt it as a film.
Ten reasons why we love Donna Tartt's The Secret History
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/18/donna-tartt-secret-history-modern-classic
Short list article outlining some of the key features of the novel.
The Secret Oral History of Bennington: The 1980s' Most Decadent College
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a27434009/bennington-college-oral-history-bret-easton-ellis/
Tartt attended the prestigious liberal arts college Bennington, which seems to have been the inspiration for Hampden. This article discusses her time there, along with well-known writers Brett Easton Ellis and Jonathan Lethem.
Dark Academia
https://www.refinery29.com/en-ca/dark-academia-aesthetic-tiktok-trend
Dark academia is a literary and aesthetic movement that has been popularized on social media, especially Tik Tok. The Secret History is known as one of the novels that originated the movement.
A Talent to Tantalize
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/19/fiction.features
A profile of author Donna Tartt published at the time when her second novel was released, 10 years after the publication of The Secret History.
