The Secret History by Donna Tart focuses of the lives of six students at Hampden College both before and after a terrible event. The six main characters are Henry Winter, a wealthy man from the Midwest who always carries an air of mystery; Francis Abernathy, another wealthy man who is taunted for his sexuality and his parentage; Bunny Corcoran who maintains his families wealth but in fact always asks for money; Camilla and Charles MacAulay, wealthy twins with an unhealthily close relationship from Virginia who the main character becomes closest with; and Richard Papen, a poor outsider from California who has a fervent need to belong. They are changed irrevocably as they venture further into the mysteries of their ancient Greek program, all
