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  @SoLuVaBle29922 күн бұрын

  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).

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  @elihouse199424 күн бұрын

  No one cares what these toffs have to say.

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  @bruja259127 күн бұрын

  Anyone have insight on St Cross College?

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  @RachaelTodddoesbeautyАй бұрын

  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!

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  @RachaelTodddoesbeautyАй бұрын

  Hippie *

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  @e.c-machiavelli9659Ай бұрын

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

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  @PEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPEPE6482 ай бұрын

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

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  @NewSymbolist-qt6oi2 ай бұрын

  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).

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  @NewSymbolist-qt6oi2 ай бұрын

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

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  @desireearmstrong22912 ай бұрын

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

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  @thecook89642 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @katiehayw00d3 ай бұрын

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

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  @kurjan14 ай бұрын

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

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  @Windflower-jq6vp4 ай бұрын

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

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  @historybox18624 ай бұрын

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

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  @jaymackie11645 ай бұрын

  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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  @chisato98625 ай бұрын

  Did a subscribe button shine?

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  @eugeneperdikomati93046 ай бұрын

  The herodion is open to the pivlic actually

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  @MikeZach6 ай бұрын

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

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  @sj85697 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @chidzhustle35704 ай бұрын

  Interesting theory, considering they were drunk and high off of every drug in the world, and admitted to not remembering anything, it could work. They could have found his body while high, and in some unintentional trippy daze, gotten his blood all over themselves, then assumed they had done it. It’s bittersweet then, kind of means the only crime they did was kill their friend.

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  @skittles6962 ай бұрын

  ​@chidzhustle3570 Adding to the blood, there is a section where Camila says the farmers blood smells like deer blood. Which kinda suggests they killed a deer (as they kind of remember in a warped way) and were covered in deer blood which they mistook for the farmers who they found afterwards

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  @candle56767 ай бұрын

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

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  @ranaai99907 ай бұрын

  You're surprisingly very moral for someone into classics

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  @CalBruin7 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @cypresscain7 ай бұрын

  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!

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  @metamorphos07 ай бұрын

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

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  @yohanspring30767 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @armchairelites36277 ай бұрын

  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 😅

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  @alejandrasuarez50328 ай бұрын

  What an illuminating and contextualizing review!

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  @lucianmec8 ай бұрын

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

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  @samuelrogers83588 ай бұрын

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

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  @spydurmonkee958 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @katyarozanova28788 ай бұрын

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

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  @helena96988 ай бұрын

  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!

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  @user-wh7ui4yl3o8 ай бұрын

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

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  @Dapper._.dragon9 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @HollysBookishRealm9 ай бұрын

  I loved this! xo

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  @emilym.21099 ай бұрын

  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

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  @rutasl10 ай бұрын

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

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  @nmitchxll30510 ай бұрын

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

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  @sabrinatheclassicist10 ай бұрын

  That's awesome! Congratulations on your offer, I hope you have an amazing first year!

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  @craigbenz483510 ай бұрын

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

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  @sj85697 ай бұрын

  I think none of the elements that make this story so brilliant and intriguing could be capturednin a movie…

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  @craigbenz48357 ай бұрын

  @@sj8569 Upon reflection, you're right.

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  @strawberryorange37554 ай бұрын

  There was an adaptation of the goldfinch, and they massacred it. Some books just aren't meant to be movies.

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  @user-ds1ws6lx4z10 ай бұрын

  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?

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  @AesMoran10 ай бұрын

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

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  @urvashikaushik707510 ай бұрын

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

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  @Ella-gi3xb11 ай бұрын

  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

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  @craigbenz483510 ай бұрын

  Bunny was brought down by his own hubris and stupidity. What kind of plan is it to blackmail a group of murderers?

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  @sweetviolents2911 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @ramintaurbonaviciute973611 ай бұрын

  What Greek textbook is it?

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  @annikr846811 ай бұрын

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

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  @bluestrela11 ай бұрын

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

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  @Charlotte3372411 ай бұрын

  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.

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  @flask22311 ай бұрын

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

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  @portzblitz11 ай бұрын

  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..