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Natalie McGlocklin's avatar

Ah The Secret History just cannot be matched! I love the link to Lemony-Snicket! I never read the books as a kid but I loved the movie. Now I am interested to see what I missed out on

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Caitlin Wahrer's avatar

I loved this piece so much. I've never thought of the Camilla theory before. (And I felt similarly about her character / Richard's infatuation. It made me think of how Hemingway portrayed the woman in the only book of his I've ever read, The Sun Also Rises, and how there was a scene where they were dancing and the MC described her as like...a beautiful statute they were dancing around? And it made me wonder if Hemingway at least understood that that was how he was portraying her, or if he was clueless. And I felt like this book was the same...did Tartt do it on purpose because Richard was the narrator, or did she not envision any depth in Camilla? Fodder for a whole 'nother piece!!)

Also, thank you for the shout-out!! But even more exciting was the shout-out to Lemony Snickett. Original dark academic!!

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