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Venus in Furs
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch - Author
Joachim Neugroschel - Translator
Larry Wolff - Introduction by
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Book: Paperback | 5.07 x 7.79in | 160 pages | ISBN 9780140447811 | 01 Jun 2000 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP
Venus in Furs

Sometimes there are no limits to what you'll do for the person you love...

'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.
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