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Betsy Prioleau is the author of Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them (W. W. Norton, 2013), Circle of Eros (Duke University Press), and Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love (Penguin/Viking). She has a Ph.D. in literature from Duke University, was an associate professor at Manhattan College, and taught cultural history at New York University. She lives in New York City.

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Seducers and Valentine's

Is there anything men can learn from the great seducers about romantic passion and how to beguile women? Valentine's Day seems a good time to think about it.

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	Swoon: Great Seducers and Why Women Love Them 3.31 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Los grandes seductores y por qué las mujeres se enamoran de ellos 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Love by Elizabeth Prioleau, Betsy Prioleau (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 604 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Circle of Eros: Sexuality in the Work of William Dean Howells by Elizabeth Prioleau, Betsy Prioleau (Goodreads Author) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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