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Tess of the d'UrbervillesThomas Hardy
Tess of the d'UrbervillesThomas HardyClassic tragedy
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Tess Durbeyfield is sent to seek help from the wealthy d'Urbervilles after her impoverished family learns of a possible noble ancestry. Her vulnerability to Alec d'Urberville and her later love for the idealistic Angel Clare place her future inside a cruel conflict between experience, reputation, and Victorian sexual judgment. Tess works with extraordinary endurance, yet the men who define her choices repeatedly fail to recognize the full truth of her character. Beautiful, devastating, and morally indignant, this tragedy suits a long, rain-dark weekend for readers prepared for sexual coercion, rural hardship, social hypocrisy, and a heroine treated far less mercifully than she deserves.
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Rape/sexual assault and sexual coercion; pregnancy; death of an infant; stalking and sexual harassment; emotional abuse and abandonment; murder; suicidal thoughts/suicide references; animal death; religious and gender-based shaming.
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- Garnish: Cinnamon stick or orange slice.
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Time Loop Negroni
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
Gin, Campari, and sweet vermouth make a bittersweet Negroni worth revisiting.
What you'll need
- 1 oz gin
- 1 oz sweet vermouth
- 1 oz Campari
- Ice
How to mix it
- Stir all ingredients with ice until chilled. Strain over one large ice cube.
- Garnish: Orange peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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