At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the best seductions in literature.
One novel on the list:
Moll Flanders, by Daniel Defoe
Moll looks back on her first steps in a career of sexual opportunism. It begins with the son of the woman for whom she works as a maidservant. He starts with mere flattery, throws in a few "earnest" kisses and then thrusts five guineas into her hand. "I was more





