Venus in Furs
Author:
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
ISBN:
9780140447811
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Format:
Paperback
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Publishing Date:
2000
Number of Pages:
160
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Language:
English
Condition:
New
Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. Published in 1870, the novel gained notoriety and a degree of immortality for its author when the word "masochism"—derived from his name—entered the vocabulary of psychiatry. This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.