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Wuthering Heights
Classic Gothic fiction
Wuthering Heights
A tenant at Thrushcross Grange hears the tangled history of the neighboring Earnshaw and Linton families from housekeeper Nelly Dean. The foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw form a fierce attachment, but class ambition and wounded pride turn their bond into a cycle of revenge that reaches the next generation. Multiple narrators and the isolated Yorkshire moors make motives uncertain even as cruelty leaves unmistakable damage. Wild, Gothic, and far darker than a conventional romance, this classic is made for stormy nights and readers drawn to obsession, haunted landscapes, family destruction, and the difficult possibility that younger people may end an inherited feud.
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Content notes
Domestic, emotional, physical and child abuse; coercive and toxic relationships; violence and confinement; animal cruelty; alcoholism; death, grief and illness; racism and racial slurs; suicidal thoughts and suicide references.
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Southern Sweet Tea
Sweet black tea and fresh lemon make a porch-worthy glass over ice.
What you'll need
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- Stir simple syrup and lemon juice into chilled tea. Serve over ice.
- Garnish: Lemon wheel.
- Glassware: Highball glass.
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Maple Old Fashioned
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A warming pour with a sharp edge suits the brooding atmosphere and unsettling suspense.
What you'll need
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1/4 oz pure maple syrup ↗
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters
- Ice
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How to mix it
- Stir bourbon, maple syrup, and bitters with ice. Strain over one large ice cube.
- Garnish: Orange peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
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