Venus in Furs

Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch First published 1997

About this book

'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.

Subjects

  • classic literature
  • erotic literature
  • fiction
  • fiction, erotica, general
  • masochism