Art of Seduction
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part One - the Seductive Character
the Siren
the Rake
the Ideal lover
the Dandy
the Natural
the Coquette
the Charmer
the Charismatic
the Star
the anti-Seducer
Part Two - the Seductive process
Chapter 1 - Choose the Right Victim
Chapter 2 - Create a False Sense of Security—Approach Indirectly
Chapter 3 - Send Mixed Signals
Chapter 4 - Appear to Be an Object of Desire —Create Triangles
Chapter 5 - Create a Need—Stir Anxiety and Discontent
Chapter 6 - Master the Art of Insinuation
Chapter 7 - Enter Their Spirit
Chapter 8 - Create Temptation
Chapter 9 - Keep Them in Suspense—What Comes Next?
Chapter 10 - Use the Demonic Power of Words to Sow Confusion
Chapter 11 - Pay Attention to Detail
Chapter 12 - Poeticize Your Presence
Chapter 13 - Disarm Through Strategic Weakness and Vulnerability
Chapter 14 - Confuse Desire and Reality—The Perfect Illusion
Chapter 15 - Isolate the Victim
Chapter 16 - Prove Yourself
Chapter 17 - Effect a Regression
Chapter 18 - Stir Up the Transgressive and Taboo
Chapter 19 - Use Spiritual Lures
Chapter 20 - Mix Pleasure with Pain
Chapter 21 - Give Them Space to Fall—The Pursuer Is Pursued
Chapter 22 - Use Physical Lures
Chapter 23 - Master the Art of the Bold Move
Chapter 24 - Beware the Aftereffects
Appendix A
Appendix B
Selected Bibliography
Index
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THE ART OF SEDUCTION
Robert Greene, author of The 48 Laws of Power, has a degree in classical literature. He lives in Los Angeles. Visit his Web site: www.seductionbook.com
Joost Elffers is the producer of Viking Studio’s best-selling The Secret Language of Birthdays, The Secret Language of Relationships, as well as Play with Your Food. He lives in New York City.
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Falling in Love by Francesco Alberoni, translated by Lawrence Venuti. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
Seduction by Jean Baudrillard, translated by Brian Singer, St. Martin’s Press, 1990. Copyright © New World Perspectives, 1990. Reprinted by permission of Palgrave.
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Behind the Mask: On Sexual Demons, Sacred Mothers, Transvestites, Gangsters and Other Japanese Cultural Heroes by Ian Buruma, Random House UK, 1984. Reprinted with permission.
Andreas Capellanus on Love by Andreas Capellanus, translated by P G. Walsh. Reprinted by permission of Gerald Duckworth & Co.
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