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A secret is information kept hidden.
Secret or The Secret may also refer to:
A secret history (or shadow history) is a revisionist interpretation of either fictional or real (or known) history which is claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars. Secret history is also used to describe a type or genre of fiction which portrays a substantially different motivation or backstory from established historical events.
Originally, secret histories were designed as non-fictional, revealing or claiming to reveal the truth behind the "spin": one such example is the Secret History of the Mongols. Secret histories can range from standard historical revisionism with proper critical reexamination of historical facts to negative historical revisionism wherein facts are deliberately omitted, suppressed or distorted.
The quintessential example secret history is the Anecdota of Procopius of Caesarea (known for centuries as the Secret History). It was discovered, centuries after it was written, in the Vatican Library and published in 1623, although its existence was already known from the Suda, which referred to it as the Anekdota ("the unpublished composition"). The Secret History covers roughly the same years as the first seven books of the History of Justinian's Wars and appears to have been written after they were published. Current consensus generally dates it to 550 or 558, possibly as late as 562. It portrays the reign of the Roman Emperor Justinian I to the great disadvantage of the Emperor, his wife and some of his court.
The Secret History, the first novel by Mississippi-born writer Donna Tartt, was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. A 75,000 print order was made for the first edition (as opposed to the usual 10,000 order for a debut novel), and the book became a bestseller.
Set in New England, The Secret History tells the story of a closely knit group of six classics students at a small, elite Vermont college, Hampden College, similar in many respects to Bennington College (in Bennington, Vermont) where Tartt was a student from 1982 to 1986.
The story is an inverted detective story, not a Whodunit but a Whydunit.
One of the six students is the story's narrator, Richard Papen, who reflects, years later, on the situation that led to a murder within the group, the murder being confessed at the outset of the novel but the events otherwise revealed sequentially. In the opening chapter, as the reader is introduced to Papen, we are told of the death of student Edmund "Bunny" Corcoran, although few details are given initially. The novel explores the circumstances and lasting effects of Bunny's death on the academically and socially isolated group of Classics students of which he was a part.
Donna Tartt (born December 23, 1963) is an American writer and author of the novels The Secret History (1992), The Little Friend (2002), and The Goldfinch (2013). Tartt won the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend in 2003 and the Pulitzer Prize (Fiction) for The Goldfinch in 2014 and she was named in the TIME 100: The 100 Most Influential People in 2014.
Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta, and raised in the nearby town of Grenada.
She enrolled in the University of Mississippi in 1981, and her writing caught the attention of Willie Morris while she was a freshman. Following a recommendation from Morris, Barry Hannah, then an Ole Miss Writer-in-Residence, admitted eighteen-year-old Tartt into his graduate short story course. "She was deeply literary," says Hannah. "Just a rare genius, really. A literary star." Following the suggestion of Morris and others, she transferred to Bennington College in 1982, where she was friends with fellow students Bret Easton Ellis, Jill Eisenstadt, and Jonathan Lethem, and studying classics with Claude Fredericks. She dated Ellis for a while after sharing works in progress, The Secret History and Less Than Zero respectively.
Secrecy (also called clandestinity or furtiveness) is the practice of hiding information from certain individuals or groups who do not have the "need to know", perhaps while sharing it with other individuals. That which is kept hidden is known as the secret.
Secrecy is often controversial, depending on the content or nature of the secret, the group or people keeping the secret, and the motivation for secrecy. Secrecy by government entities is often decried as excessive or in promotion of poor operation; excessive revelation of information on individuals can conflict with virtues of privacy and confidentiality. It is often contrasted with social transparency.
Animals conceal the location of their den or nest from predators. Squirrels bury nuts, hiding them, and they try to remember their locations later.
Humans attempt to consciously conceal aspects of themselves from others due to shame, or from fear of violence, rejection, harassment, loss of acceptance, or loss of employment. Humans may also attempt to conceal aspects of their own self which they are not capable of incorporating psychologically into their conscious being. Families sometimes maintain "family secrets", obliging family members never to discuss disagreeable issues concerning the family with outsiders or sometimes even within the family. Many "family secrets" are maintained by using a mutually agreed-upon construct (an official family story) when speaking with outside members. Agreement to maintain the secret is often coerced through "shaming" and reference to family honor. The information may even be something as trivial as a recipe.
EARPHONES + HD = ♥ I. HAD. TO. DO. IT. otherwise I'd have just gone crazy! Here is my fan trailer to my favorite book The Secret History by Donna Tartt... special thanks to spulgaciite and her coloring) aaawwww that's how I imagined!! dear, you saved me!!) btw the most pleasant editing in my life! The entire image and this song... they constantly haunted me for months)) it may seem weird if you haven't read) God, idk if you like it at all. that's only my vision and my sick fantasy) but.. it was made with immense love and obsession by this story. I feel so fucking free and compete and just soooo svdfuvbefiegivsnvrstbhn greeaat right now! I just can't))) fandom: book "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt films: - Was nützt die Liebe in Gedanken (Love in thoughts) - From Dusk Till Dawn ...
H E L P)) i'm so into this book, oh god. i adore the athmosthere in it and all the characters are just a m a z i n g. so i didn't sleep and made this :' and, well, yeah, this vid is far from perfect, i just needed to edit this because of FEELINGS. while reading i had this sense that i was a part of the story. deep understanding of characters. i've only experienced it once or twice before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vodM54u2xw this video by incredibly talented ajamelina was my inspiration and i basically used the same films :' D idk, they're just perfect for the story and i see characters in a simular way list of films / tv shows i used: 'and then there were none' 'antiviral' 'from dusk till dawn' (2014) 'brideshead revisited' 'kill your darlings' 'like minds' 'hannibal' 'out...
I contemplate the lasting friendship bonds that come when you murder someone together and what sex sounds like in Latin. (my very rusty Latin translates roughly to, "Oh God, that's good, that's the best, more, more" - super sexy stuff obvi) Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with Tumblr or Yahoo Inc. - just a fan who spends too much time on the aforementioned website. I also make no claim to "Secret History". I don't want to be mushroom-poisoned by the pretentious sextet. Big thanks to Jacob Krueger! Check out his inn at mercuryinn.com! - Subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/user/accordingtotumblr?sub_confirmation=1&feature;=iv&src;_vid=l81jQ66xll0&annotation;_id=annotation_1388683307 tumblr: http://worldaccordingto.tumblr.com/ twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenshippen instagram: ht...
Thought I would upload a book review as its been quite a while since my last one! Reviewing Donna Tart's The Secret History. Where to Find me; Blog: http://crumpetsandmarmalade.blogspot.ie/ Instagram: @crumpetsandmarmalade Twitter: @Hannah_Crumpets What I'm Wearing; Top: COS Earrings: Michael Kors
4 stars to The Secret History by Donna Tartt - one of my personal author ambitions for the year! Christine's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ViridianReads
Donna Tartt's first book found immediate success, and now each of her books are met with incredible anticipation. Ryan reviews The Secret History, by Donna Tartt. A playlist of the books I've reviewed: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... YOU CAN FOLLOW ME ON SOCIAL THINGS: twitter: https://twitter.com/ftloryan tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/ftloryan youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ryanrabid ♬♬♬
We expose the shocking true story behind Sonic’s former best friends Tails, and a twisted obsession turned deadly. SUPER SECRET EPIC GIF PACK YO!: http://imgur.com/a/EWIbv Animated by Zeurel Produced by Tom Jenkins for Mashed Written By: RicePirate (Mick Lauer) Voice Of Sonic: Blake Swift Voice of Amy: Eileen "EileMonty” Montgomery Voice of Mr Sega: RicePirate (Mick Lauer) Voice of Tails: RicePirate (Mick Lauer) Music By: Alex Walker Smith Sound Design and Mix by Laura Rankin More Mashed: Secret Histories: Super Mario Bros https://youtu.be/PuYZ-9zcp4w?list=PL3... SOPU: Sonic Invincibility https://youtu.be/-AwfYaRDqAw?list=PL3... Game in 60 Seconds: Super Mario Maker https://youtu.be/zV4s7Jrj9CA?list=PL3... Don’t forget to subscribe and share with your friends! http://www.youtube....
The Secret History of Eurovision - Full Dokumentary
Ruthless, scheming, manipulative politicians, hellbent on bringing calamity to a once-prosperous nation. But enough about the news. Instead, we’re in the seventh century with a documentary about China’s Forgotten Emperor; yes, a female emperor. A documentary about the empress of China. It’s a terrific story: how a concubine, just 13 when she entered court, became imperial China’s only female emperor, ruled for 50 years (behind the scenes and in her own right) and presided over a period of great stability and prosperity. Before her reign, we were informed, China had been ruled by an aristocratic male elite, and she spent her career seeing them off. I wonder if Theresa May is watching.
The Secret History of Eurovision - Full Dokumentary
I have a secret hidden behind the wall
Like a junky with needle and spoon
It lies in wait for me
At the fire yesterday
I glanced by mistake and real a line
The line said "I am born"
Dickens an author penned the line
[Chorus]
I have read
Broken the law
I have learned
I have saw
When the sleep was swept from my eyes
I the fool was seen
A wife devoid of thoughts and feelings
an empty waking dream
A life spent destroying thoughts
preserved in revered tomes
Hopes and dreams, poetry, feelings
that make life real