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Venus in Furs (Paperback)
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Venus in Furs (Paperback)
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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 to
define "masochism," is notable for its exploration of female
dominance and male sexual submission. The frame narrative begins
with an unnamed man who develops a strong sexual desire after
having a vivid dream. Disturbed, he tells a friend about the
vision, in which he spoke to the goddess Venus while she was
wearing luxuriant furs. In the memoir, which appears to have
written by his friend, a man named Severin von Kusiemski describes
his love affair with Wanda von Dunajew. Moved by a strong desire,
Severin asks to be made Dunajew's slave, and though she denies him
at first, she soon grows to take advantage of her power of the man.
As she grows progressively more violent in her treatment of
Severin, she satisfies his desires while simultaneously learning
more about her own. Severin, who describes himself as a
suprasensualist travels with Dunajew to Florence, where he invents
an identity as a Russian servant and acquiesces to a life of
degradation and servitude. When Dunajew meets a domineering and
attractive man, however, she begins to question her role as
Severin's master, desiring a submissive relationship of her own.
Venus in Furs is a semi-autobiographical work describing
Sacher-Masoch's details through a thin veil of fictional devices,
and remains influential for charting new territories in the
representation of alternative sexualities. With a beautifully
designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition
of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs is a classic of
Austrian literature reimagined for modern readers.
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