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Donna tartts secret history is the book i always recommed. Set in new england, it tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at hampden college, a small, elite vermont college based upon bennington college, where tartt was a student between 1982 and 1986. 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. The secret history book by donna tartt thriftbooks. A secret history of witches free online download books. It was also recommended by people who know my taste as well as those who dont, seemingly by the world of book lovers itself, by some of my most literary and wellread friends, by my mother. To remain closed means we can not and will not let any new information in. The first novel by donna tartt, author of the national bestseller the goldfinch, the secret history is a contemporary classic. We specialize in making it easier for you to get the books you need. The secret history is a wonderfully beguiling book, a journey backward to the fierce and heady friendships of our school days, when all of us.
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