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The Secret History

1992 novel by Donna Tartt
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The Secret History

Summary

The Secret History is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,593 views/month, #113 of 28,446).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Secret History authored Donna Tartt[3].
  • The Secret History received the Q137449821[4].
  • The Secret History's instance of is recorded as literary work[5].
  • The Secret History was published by Alfred A. Knopf[6].
  • The Secret History's genre is campus novel[7].
  • The Secret History's genre is psychological fiction[8].
  • The Secret History's genre is secret history[9].
  • The Secret History's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • The Secret History's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Secret History was published on September 1992[12].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Richard Papen[13].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Henry Winter[14].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Bunny (Edmund Corcoran)[15].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Charles Macauley[16].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Camilla Macauley[17].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Julian Morrow[18].
  • The Secret History's characters is recorded as Judy Poovey[19].
  • The Secret History's has edition or translation is recorded as The Secret History[20].
  • The Secret History's has edition or translation is recorded as The Secret History[21].
  • The Secret History's has edition or translation is recorded as The Secret History[22].
  • The Secret History's has edition or translation is recorded as Q137843000[23].
  • The Secret History's narrative location is recorded as Vermont[24].
  • The Secret History's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Secret History'}[25].
  • The Secret History's has characteristic is recorded as debut novel[26].
  • The Secret History's different from is recorded as Secret History[27].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Prose[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 8a25336d-e349-440f-b257-0334ab4b2e1a[29]

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Secret History authored Donna Tartt[3]. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf[6].

Publication

The Secret History was released on September 1992[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Genres include campus novel[7], psychological fiction[8], and secret history[9].

Reception

The Secret History received the Q137449821[4].

Why It Matters

The Secret History ranks in the top 0.4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,593 views/month, #113 of 28,446).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

FAQs

What awards did The Secret History receive?

Honors received include Q137449821[4].

Related Entities

Donna Tartt literary work United States Vermont

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . prixdeslibraires.qc.ca. prixdeslibraires.qc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . prixdeslibraires.qc.ca. prixdeslibraires.qc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . prixdeslibraires.qc.ca. prixdeslibraires.qc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has characteristic → debut novel
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    Author → Donna Tartt
    Instance of → literary work
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