Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman.
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This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.
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 is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man\'s struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire.
Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew.
Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman
