Luncheon of the Boating Party (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• “You can't stop me. Don't you worry you none. I have my scruples and here they is. Fornication's a full-article sin when it's done to injure. It's half-half when done out of mere pleasure. It's only tinged with sin when it's done by necessity. It's no sin at all when it's done out of love. And this lands somewhere between necessity and love. No tinges ever scared me off. p. 223”

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• La Maison Fournaise: The restaurant along the river seine where Luncheon of the Boating Party was painted by Auguste Renoir. Home to Alphonsine a main character in the book.

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1. Susan Vreeland (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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