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The Secret History
- Narrated by: Donna Tartt
- Length: 22 hrs and 4 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
THE BESTSELLER THAT DEFINED AN AGE
Penguin presents the audio edition of The Secret History, read by the author.
'Everything, somehow, fit together; some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together---my future, my past, the whole of my life---and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh!'
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.
Critic Reviews
"Haunting, compelling, brilliant." (The Times)
"Irresistible and seductive." (Guardian)
"Enthralling... Forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled." (New York Times)
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- Catherine A Mercer
- 03-10-2016
Donna Tartt narrates
I love Donna Tartt's writing. The Secret History did not disappoint. However I did not enjoy the voice of Donna in this audiobook. Her male characters are completely believable as she writes them but as a female narrator, it just doesn't work as well as it could. The Goldfinch with male narrator was so much more immersive
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- Agincourt
- 07-11-2017
Painfully dull
I listened to this book for 8 hours waiting for something interesting to happen - it didn't. I couldn't face the prospect of another 13 hours of listless meandering prose, so I returned it.
Maybe this is an injustice and the 2nd half of the book is really exciting...but I have my doubts.
Also it doesn't help that the book is read by a woman (the author) yet the main protagonist is a man - her voice really doesn't gel with the narrative.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-02-2017
Captivating.
I have read this book many times over the years and it remains a firm favourite. The narration by Donna Tartt was captivating and really brought the story and each character to life. I didn't want it to end!
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-2019
Exquisite
I had read the book years before joining audible and thought it was good; upon listening to this narration it has become my favourite novel. I was shocked to find negative reviews of Donna's narration is (although I am a huge proponent of author narration.) I think it is exquisite.
It allowed me to delve in, almost like a meditative state, to the point that I experienced the prose and characters better than my first reading and it became my absolute favourite piece of writing. I have listened to it again since then and sometimes just go back to a chapter here or there.
This book is not to everyone's taste; it is long, at times meandering, certainly much more character and prose focused than plot, but if you're open to the mindset of Richard Papen and the idealisation of those around him... well I can get lost in it for days.
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- Pamela Taverniti
- 08-05-2018
Dreadful narration
The narration of this book was so bad - had a tinny sound and very poor quality - so much so that it was distracting fdrom the book.
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- Mary-Lou O'Brien
- 02-10-2016
14 chapters too long!
Got to Ch 12 & I couldn't bare it any longer when I realised I wasn't even half way through. I had loved the Gold Finch & presumed I'd enjoy this book too, but it was just one long tedious & obnoxious tale that seemed not too to go anywhere, not in the first 12 chapters anyhow.
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- Melinda
- 24-03-2015
Literary baroque
An ornate folly. A story of deluded youth and the mystique of college adventures resonate through life. Wonderful. Exceptional. Lush and detailed narration.
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- Carrie
- 28-04-2017
Great story terrible narration
Loved the story but found the narration did not do it justice. I would not purchase another story narrated Donna Tartt.
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- F
- 18-10-2016
The author is not the ideal narrator.
I tried to get into the story but I just found it dull with little clear narrative. The authors voice was hard to follow.
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- Eric Vanman
- 27-01-2023
Donna Tartt is the narrator!
A fantastic book and it was even better having the author herself read the book.
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