Venus in Furs

LEOPOLD VON SACHER-MASOCH

HarperCollins, UK

Translated from the German by Fernanda Savage. Introduction by Catriona MacLeod. Originally published in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1870. A sensational depiction of an erotic passion that defies that norms of nineteenth-century sexuality and gender, the story charts the stages of masculine obsession and collapse, leading a cultivated European aristocrat from his fantasy of abasement at the hands of a domineering woman to a climax of brutal physical violence. It remains a foundational work of modern culture, defining a sexual perversion while also offering a critical lens through which to view persistent structures of masculinity and power.

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At the time this tale of the man and his quest for physical abuse by fair ones was written, it was considered literary, not perverted or pornographic.

Venus in Furs and Selected Letters of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

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Venus in Furs (Penguin Classics)

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If you've ever been curious about where the term "masochism" comes from, you will find it laden in the pages of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's masterpiece, Venus in Furs, for whom the term was named. Drawn in part from his own life experiences, Sacher-Masoch's novel develops an eroticism unlike any other. The book's protagonist, Severin, is so infatuated and obsessed with the object of his desire, Wanda, that he asks to be her slave. Although hesitant at first, Wanda's treatment of Severin becomes more and more depraved, fueling Severin's own desires for cruelty.

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Venus in Furs By Leopold von Sacher Masoch

Venus in Furs By Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

Severin is so infatuated with Wanda that he requests to be treated as her slave and encourages her to treat him in progressively more degrading ways. At first Wanda does not want to, but later embraces the idea; though at the same time, she disdains Severin for allowing her to do so. Severin describes his feelings during these experiences as suprasensuality. Wanda treats him brutally as a servant, and recruits a trio of African women to dominate him. The relationship

Venus in Furs by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch. Worldwide literature classic, among top 100 literary novels of all time. A must read for everybody.In the 1980s, Italo Calvino (the most-translated contemporary Italian writer at the time of his death) said in his essay "Why Read the Classics?" that "a classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say", without any doubt this book can be considered a Classic This book is also a Bestseller because as Steinberg defined: "a bestseller as a book for which demand, within a short time of that book's initial publication, vastly exceeds what is then considered to be big sales".

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Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs and Selected Letters of Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch

Venus in Furs (Penguin Classics)

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs - the Original Classic Edition

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs

Venus in Furs