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Fatale : How French Women Do It
Fatale: How French Women Do It peeks at the mysterious ways Frenchwomen manage to appear sexy, smart and recklessly chic. Clues unmask the delicious deceptions plotted by Frenchwomen while suggesting how contemporary women can flirt like a coquette, charm like a courtesan and emit sensuality with cool confidence by merely adjusting one's attitude and one's garter belt.For those who savor French finesse and style, this book serves up lessons and advice to feast upon from historical and present-day femme fatales.
- GenresNonfictionHistory
139 pages, Paperback
First published July 14, 2000
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August 3, 2022
Humorous short read.
May 4, 2013
Wow! Wow on many levels. It was an informative read for me, a person who had very little knowledge of the French and first book of this nature. However, in my opinion, I found it somewhat biased (by the author's intrigue for the French).
I think the book is somewhat dated as well or again suffers from author's bias in that, it focuses a lot on coquettery and very little about the wives' points of view. Is the omission of the wives' points of view a reflection of current day Paris i.e no change in why people marry?
What I liked:
Very informative and written in intriguing language so as to make me want to be French!
As someone who enjoys learning new cultures, this one hit the soft spot. I loved it. I found that I could relate to some of the ways and thought processes described. Certainly picked up some ideas.
Important point that the book brought out was that the way the women end up being beings of intrigue and beauty are not by happenstance. Rather it's a rights a passage as seen by the lifestyle to promote it not only at home but by the communities such as the beautiful sculptures, the breathtaking parks, the works of art in public places etc.
I think the book is somewhat dated as well or again suffers from author's bias in that, it focuses a lot on coquettery and very little about the wives' points of view. Is the omission of the wives' points of view a reflection of current day Paris i.e no change in why people marry?
What I liked:
Very informative and written in intriguing language so as to make me want to be French!
As someone who enjoys learning new cultures, this one hit the soft spot. I loved it. I found that I could relate to some of the ways and thought processes described. Certainly picked up some ideas.
Important point that the book brought out was that the way the women end up being beings of intrigue and beauty are not by happenstance. Rather it's a rights a passage as seen by the lifestyle to promote it not only at home but by the communities such as the beautiful sculptures, the breathtaking parks, the works of art in public places etc.
June 12, 2017
My favorite book on French women. This book will never leave my personal library.
November 16, 2011
Pressured into reading this by the author who is the neighbor of a friend I was visiting over the weekend. An amusing little bonbon and mercifully, short.
December 19, 2011
COMMON SENSE TIPS ABOUT THE FRENCH WOMEN, IF YOU WISH TO KNOW MORE ABOUT REAL FEMME FATALE, YOU SHOULD READ THE ART OF SEDUCTION BY ROBERT GREENE.
April 26, 2013
This book was truly an escape, and it changed the way I felt about myself. I felt sexier after reading this book -- and there can be nothing wrong with that!
August 6, 2015
I enjoyed the history behind the well-known fatale facts!
November 23, 2021
I really didn't like this book but I didn't quite hate it. The tone of the author irritated me in all the ways French women do it better than any other woman in the world. It wasn't for me.
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