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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... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Venus in Furs (1870) is a novella by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Intended as an installment in his Legacy of Cain cycle, Venus in Furs has far surpassed the author's other works in cementing his reputation. The work, which inspired Kraft-Ebing... Read Full Overview

Enter the captivating world of Venus in Furs , a groundbreaking exploration of love, dominance, and submission, written by the masterful Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and skillfully translated by Fernanda Savage. This timeless classic delves into the complexities of human desire... Read Full Overview

Venus in Furs is a work by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

A man dreams of speaking to Venus. Involves themes of female dominance and sadomasochism.

Novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch that explores the themes of sexual domination, female dominance and sadomasochism.

Venus in Furs (1870) is a novella by Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Intended as an installment in his Legacy of Cain cycle, Venus in Furs has far surpassed the author's other works in cementing his reputation. The work, which inspired Kraft-Ebing... Read Full Overview

Leopold von Sacher-Masoch didn't invent the sexual practice that bears his name, but he did popularize it in this short novel. An example of the found-manuscript manner of storytelling, Venus in Furs is framed by an unnamed narrator telling his dreams to his friend Severin... Read Full Overview

A classic literary exploration of sexual dominance and submission, this 1870 novel introduced ""masochism"" into the language of psychiatry. The timeless psychodrama chronicles a nobleman's slavish obsession with a whip-wielding beauty.

La m tica novela del autor que dio nombre al concepto de masoquismo y a sus pr cticas.Obra de referencia para quien desee ahondar en los abismos de la sensualidad humana, la novela La Venus de las pieles alberga toda la constelaci n de s mbolos que han pasado a definir el masoquismo:... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Venus in Furs is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called Legacy of Cain. Venus in Furs was part of Love, the first volume of the series. It was... Read Full Overview