Picture 1 of 2
The Secret History (Vintage Contemporaries ) by Tartt, Donna
Condition:
3 available
Postage:
Located in: East Hanover, New Jersey, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Fri, 14 Jun and Wed, 26 Jun to 43230
Returns:
Payments:
Shop with confidence
Seller information
- 97.2% positive Feedback
Registered as a business seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:145712677396
Item specifics
- Condition
- EAN
- 9781400031702
- UPC
- 9781400031702
- ISBN
- 9781400031702
- MPN
- N/A
- Book Title
- Secret History
- Item Length
- 8in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2004
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 12.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 576 Pages
About this product
Product Information
A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK - ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME - INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A contemporary literary classic and "a n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" ( Village Voice ) , f rom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch. One of The Atlantic 's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality. "A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400031702
ISBN-13
9781400031702
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6035437
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret History
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
12.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3570.A657s4 2004
Reviews
"A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment.... Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller .... Absolutely chilling .... Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured .... Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." -- Vanity Fair "Her writing bewitches us .... 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 believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin." -- The Philadephia Inquirer "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction .... Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." -- The Times (London), "A beautifully written story, well-told, funny, sad, scary, and impossible to leave alone until I finished. . . . What a debut!" --John Grisham "Powerful . . . Enthralling . . . A ferociously well-paced entertainment." -- The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller . . . Absolutely chilling . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "A smart, craftsman-like, viscerally compelling novel." -- Time "A thinking-person's thriller . . . Think Lord of the Flies , then The Rules of Attraction . . . . The Secret History combines a bit of both--the unmistakable whiff of evil from William Golding's classic and the mad recklessness of priviledged youth from Bret Easton Ellis's novel of the '80s. . . . As stony and chilling as any Greek tragedian ever plumbed." -- New York Newsday "Tartt's voice is unlike that of any of her contemporaries. Her beautiful language, intricate plotting, fascinating characters, and intellectual energy make her debut by far the most interesting work yet from her generation." -- The Boston Globe "A long tale of friendship, arrogance, and murder knit together with the finesse that many writers will never have . . . Her writing bewitches us . . . 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 believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "The great pleasure of the novel is the wonderful complexity and the remarkable skill with which this first novelist spins the tale. And a gruesome tale it is. . . . A great, dense, disturbing story, wonderfully told." -- Cosmopolitan "The Secret History implicates the reader in a conspiracy which begins in bucolic enchantment and ends exactly where it must--though a less gifted or fearless writer would never have been able to imagine such a rich skein of consequence. Donna Tartt has written a mesmerizing and powerful novel." --Jay McInerney "Donna Tartt has invested this simple and suspenseful plot with a considerable amount of atmosphere and philosophical significance. . . . She's a very good writer indeed." -- The Washington Post Book World "A glorious achievement . . . The Secret History is a grand read--an artful blend of intelligence, entertainment, and suspense that quickens the pulse." -- The Virginian Pilot & Ledger-Star "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "One of the best American college novels to come along since John Knowles's A Seperate Peace . . . . Immensely entertaining." -- Houston Chronicle "Donna Tartt is clearly a gifted writer. . . . The cadence of her sentences, the authority with which she shaped 500-plus pages of an erudite page-turner indicate she has the ability to leave her literary contemporaries standing in the road. . . . The decision to murder has about it the inevitability of classical Greek tragedy." -- The Miami Herald "Donna Tartt has a real shot at becoming her generation's Edgar Allan Poe. . . . The Secret History pulses like a telltale heart on steroids." -- Glamour, " The Secret History succeeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller. . . . Absolutely chilling. . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction. . . . Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." -- The Times (London) "Her writing bewitches us. . . . 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 believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin." -- The Philadephia Inquirer "Enthralling. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously wll-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times Book Review "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured. . . . .Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." Vanity Fair, " The Secret History succeeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller .... Absolutely chilling .... Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." -- The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." -- Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction .... Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." -- The Times (London) "Her writing bewitches us .... 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 believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin." -- The Philadephia Inquirer "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured .... Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." - Vanity Fair, "The Secret Historysucceeds magnificently. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled."--The New York Times "An accomplished psychological thriller. . . . Absolutely chilling. . . . Tartt has a stunning command of the lyrical." --The Village Voice "Beautifully written, suspenseful from start to finish." --Vogue "A haunting, compelling, and brilliant piece of fiction. . . . Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentieth." --The Times(London) "Her writing bewitches us. . . .The Secret Historyis a wonderfully beguiling book, a journey backward to the fierce and heady friendships of our school days, when all of us believed in our power to conjure up divinity and to be forgiven any sin." --The Philadephia Inquirer "Enthralling. . . . A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously wll-paced entertainment. . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." --The New York Times Book Review "A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read, pleasurably devoured. . . . .Gorgeously written, relentlessly erudite." Vanity Fair
Copyright Date
1992
Lccn
2004-271588
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Dewey Edition
20
Item description from the seller
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:145712677396
Postage and handling
Item location:
East Hanover, New Jersey, United States
Posts to:
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, United States
Excludes:
Afghanistan, Alaska/Hawaii, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Israel, Libya, Malaysia, Martinique, New Caledonia, Nigeria, Palau, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russian Federation, Spain, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela
Postage and handling | Each additional item | To | Service | Delivery*See delivery notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Free postage | Free | United States | Economy Shipping | Estimated between Fri, 14 Jun and Wed, 26 Jun to 43230 |
Handling time |
---|
Will usually post within 10 business days of receiving cleared payment. |
Taxes |
---|
Taxes may be applicable at checkout. Learn moreLearn more about paying tax on eBay purchases. |
Sales tax for an item #145712677396
Sales tax for an item #145712677396
Seller collects sales tax for items posted to the following states:
State | Sales tax rate |
---|
Return policy
Item must be returned within | Refund will be given as |
---|---|
60 days after the buyer receives it | Money back |
The buyer is responsible for return postage costs.
You must return items in their original packaging and in the same condition as when you received them. If you don't follow our item condition policy for returnsitem condition policy for returns, you may not receive a full refund.
Refunds by law: In Australia, consumers have a legal right to obtain a refund from a business if the goods purchased are faulty, not fit for purpose or don't match the seller's description. More information at returnsreturns - opens in a new window or tab.
Payment details
Payment methods
Seller Feedback (43,782)
3***l (230)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Ultimate find, I was looking for one of these for a long time, and when I found this one I had no hesitation in purchasing it, the seller was extremely helpful and communicated very well. The price with the postage was very reasonable and when I got it home the item looked better in person than it did in the picture
f***f (406)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Rare book - particularly in new condition - listed at a reasonable price, which included postage. Packaged fairly securely - and arrived in perfect condition. Happy to have found a copy - and with the order overall.
u***i (2527)- Feedback left by buyer.
Past 6 months
Verified purchase
Excellent quality, fast post, well packaged, AMAZING price, outstanding customer service, highly recommended seller 👌 Thank you so much 🙂 I look forward to buying from you again in the near future 🙏
Product ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 30 Jul, 2011
One of my favorites
- 13 Feb, 2015
Transcendally thrilling
- 10 Feb, 2021
Excellent Book!
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale
- 16 Sep, 2023
Re-read it again
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Apr, 2013
Writing at it's very best.
More to explore:
- Vintage Paperback History Antiquarian & Collectable Books in English,
- History Non-Fiction Military History Fiction & Books,
- Non-Fiction Contemporary History Fiction & Non-Fiction Books,
- History Non-Fiction World History Fiction & Books,
- History Non-Fiction Family History Fiction & Books,
- History Non-Fiction Australian History Fiction & Non-Fiction Books,
- Fiction & History Non-Fiction Books,
- History Non-Fiction Books & Fiction Books,
- History Adult Learning & University Books,
- Leather History Antiquarian & Collectable Books