The Concise Art of Seduction by Robert Greene

The Art of Seduction – Concise Edition, written by Robert Greene in collaboration with designer Joost Elffers, gives the reader the opportunity to learn the legacy of civilization's greatest seducers—from John F. Kennedy to Napoleon Bonaparte, from Pablo Picasso to Cleopatra. For Greene, the act of seducing is rational and can be developed. To do this, it is necessary to know your own seductive characteristics. After that, it is fundamental to study the victim who will be seduced. Nine types make up the panel of key seducers described by Robert Greene. And the author proposes self-knowledge as a goal so that one's potential for seduction is fully realized. After mapping out the most striking personalities, the author instructs how to act so that the victim surrenders totally and unconditionally. The great advantage of a concise work is that it gets straight to the point. The quotes and commentary of famous thinkers on the subject have been kept. The reader can delight in the phrases, comments, and examples from philosophers and writers such as Ovid, Nietzsche, Plutarch, Søren Kierkegaard, Stendhal, and Virginia Woolf. Robert Greene's ironic and amusing text builds a strategy manual for those who wish to improve themselves in the art of romantic conquest—and which will also be useful in other areas of life where seduction is fundamental.