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I’m glad I watched this. Just finished listening to the abridged audiobook (I started listening to the unabridged version, got maybe 6 hours in, and tapped out) and was very confused about why this book is held in such high regard by many. As you have studied the classics (and hopefully have your degree by now 🤞🏿) I can see how this book would speak to you. Yours is an interesting perspective. Unfortunately, I still don’t like the book- it read like The Great Gatsby with undertones of American Psycho and a twist of Greek lit thrown in (which went completely over my head), and the rottenness of the characters was no surprise (the story did start with a murder of a “friend” after all).

No one cares what these toffs have to say.

Anyone have insight on St Cross College?

I found the part when Richard nearly dies at the happy house because he didn't realise how dangerous a winter in vermont could be, and how the effects of that winter will stay with him for every, very interesting. Ironic that he is saved by Henry Winter, who Richard can't seem to see his dangerous nature either. Just interesting I thought!

+ : Where is the girls and guys in All Souls? - : Only deads lives there 💀

De verdad que siempre me ha parecido ridícula las competencias y bandos entre distintas universidades 😂

What would students do to get a first).The endless plots in academia are tiring sometimes amusing and those born to greatness seem to do it anyway(Henry).

.Using this mockney accent .The book is such a great reflection of colleges.

I think Tartts discription of how George Orwell saw Julien highlights who Julien was as a person. Julien is the “charismatic leader”

Questions have been raised about the death of the farmer. Did they kill him, or did a catamount ( cougar) attack him? Why all the references to catamounts in the book- street, motel, etc.? Maybe they stumbled upon the farmer, who had already been attacked. Think about the wounds.... Also got autistic vibes from Henry.

can someone explain the coin on the cover of this edition? 0:35

Excellent video. Your review is by far the best I have seen to date on UA-cam. I purchased the book last week. Now I suppose I have to set about purchasing Procopius -"The Secret History"... Thank you.

first: live your channel second: why you sound just like Emma Stone? ❤❤❤❤

If I may ask, what book are you using for greek?

Salve Sabrina! I love your channel and you’ve actually inspired me to learn Latin properly after dipping in and out casually for many years. I’m enjoying Duolingo and using other books and resources to self-teach. I wondered on your opinion of Duolingo as a friend of mine completed it and said he was disappointed that it only covered the present tense and found it limited? I imagine you must be very busy in your final year but I do so enjoy your videos and hope you are planning on continuing to make them? Jay 😊

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The herodion is open to the pivlic actually

Great review Sabrina, I appreciated your musings on the characters and broader meaning.

My favorite theory about this story is that the group didn’t actually kill the farmer during the bacchanal. There is so much evidence, that he was killed by a mountain lion - the body was mutilated (stomach ripped open), the news reported that there were bite marks and it looked like an animal attack, and Richard and Charles even meet the animal while they’re driving to a restaurant. None of them even remember the murder. This makes the whole story so much more tragic, because Bunny’s death would’ve never had to happen - which ultimately led to the downfall of every one in this group.

I love howvyou spreed positively intellectual energy in your videos ❤ but i feel obligated to ask - will we see pt II of the vlog? 😭

You're surprisingly very moral for someone into classics

In a future video, could you do a walkthrough Study-with-me video on how you read a translation (Greek preferred) in preparation for next day tutorials? In other words, when preparing for a session going over a translation passaged you are assigned to cover, how do you prepare? Do you write the whole text down word per word or just a gloss of the meaning or ____? Thanks.

this was so great! as someone who read Bacchae and The Secret History and had their brain chemistry changed by both, i loved you analysis of Bunny as Pentheus and Henry or Julian as Dionysus. it fits so well!

Can I apply for a master’s degree in classics with a bachelor degree in French studies as an international student?

I am an English literature major and I never heard of this book, till tiktok so I’ve decided to read it. I am a hardcore “dark academia” type of aesthetic. Reading this book was a very interesting experience, at the beginning it felt like a dream, I can say I felt as if I was floating. However, the more I dig in the more it started to feel like a nightmare especially when they started to plan the murder, and I applaud the author for making me feel so many feelings. I have this tendency to want to relate to a character whenever I read a novel, but in the one I couldn’t decide which one I was, they were so realistic no one was prefect. And the more I dig in the more I decided to be “the safe choice” and kept waiting for Julian to appear but him being such a “prefect” person bugged me so much, when he disappeared all sudden I realized that he was shallow, and a coward. When Henry said “I loved him more than my father” it hit me hard.

just finished reading this and felt alot of similarities to crime and punishment(i havent read the greek books mentioned here, which may be of closer influence). even more so because i didnt like richard either while reading. At times i cant help but wishing they had met the same fate as rashkolnikov 😅

What an illuminating and contextualizing review!

Always nice to watch your videos in preparation to advise my kids (5 and 0.8 YO😅) when the time comes

(over) eager y11 here, hoping for classics, Love all your videos, they are all infinitely helpful and you represent classics superbly.

I feel like we never really get a clear understanding of who and what Camilla is because Richard’s view is so skewed and even when he’s mad at her and has disturbing thoughts about her there never is a change of how she’s described to us.

Okay but why did no one mention how you look so much like young Donna Tartt?!? Literal copy, I’m shook

If you guys want to read something like tsh but still think about tsh every day, read The Goldfinch. It's also written by Donna Tartt and it even has francis in some scenes!

Good video. good journey at Oxford, I wish to get prolific results in your future... With Kind regards ..... thanks too much .....

Ok, here’s my problem with the book. Love to hear your thoughts on it. In book one, the whole exciting build up to reaching the transcendental state and meeting Dionysus just seemed to vanish after the first murder. I mean, I get it that they were freaked out by what they had done, but I can’t wrap my head around the fact that this wasn’t a huge, looming thing going on in the background of conversations.

I loved this! xo

this video just gave me a totally new perspective on one of my already favorite books. knowing classical contexts and references is gonna make my re-read so much more enjoyable

am i going to oxford - no, did i watched the hole video - yes

this was super helpful! also surreal to go from watching all your application advice videos last year to this now lol

One thing that shocks me most is that this book was never made into a movie.

I loved the review, thanks for your analysis. However, something I'm still craving for is a look at bunny's evolution and image that richard paints for us leading our perception of him down a path where we also come to kind of agree that he's got to go. One thing that striked me as very significant is when he calls out on richard being a phony about his past, and then when he mentions the twins' (incest thingy) and everyone else's dark true facets. He's somehow like the figure of a joker, or the fool, who no one takes seriously but all along was the most genuine and sincere of them all, speaking the truth everyone else is so desperately trying to hide or ignore. What do you think?

I wonder if my university will let me write my bachelor work about Donna Tartt

Not gonna lie but this is one of the best books I’ve ever read!🫶🏻

I read this interesting comment the other day claiming that perhaps Bunny wasn’t actually as bad as Richard made him seem to be and Richard actually just made it look that way so he could somehow ease his own guilt or find some sort of weak justification or explanation, maybe even for himself. People do lie to themselves cause they’d like to confirm their belief that they’re good. Cause I remember Richard being super delusional about his own wrongdoings and also mention that Bunny was generally well-liked by most? Idk just a theory

The title was suggested by someone in her UK publisher and Donna Tartt says she liked it better than the title she’d come up with.

What Greek textbook is it?

I liked the audiobook. What baffeled me the most is how Francis would rather marry a girl he hated that get an actual job.

Really charming analysis. Thank you! I will be checking your other videos :)

I really liked bunny personally. He was cheerful and fun. Just not the right match for the group . Richard is so bland, and Henry is sinister yet addictive. Charles is vile and Camilla.. meh. Francis deserved better.

Donna Tart didn't name the secret history. It was the publisher's decision. She was going to name it the God of Illusion

So, would you say there are spoilers in this video that viewers like me should beware of ahead of time? 😤 Maybe it's written in the description somewhere and i just missed it..