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| Venus in Furs | 
 enlarge | Author: Leopold Von Sacher-masoch
Publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club
Category: Book
Buy Used: £4.25
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 218
ISBN: 0965231275
EAN: 9780965231275
ASIN: 0965231275
Publication Date: September 1997
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: corners rubbed , slight curl to covers, sound copy - POSTED FIRST CLASS/AIR MAIL FROM UK WITHIN 48 HOURS
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 More difficult then erotic September 16, 2003
6 out of 11 found this review helpful
Mid nineteenth century erotic literature. Know your classics, his surname gives it away. The man who gave masochism it's name. Fairly psychological book though, though it has the occasional whip in it for the real fans. Interesting read, lots of mind games going on. The main character volunteers to be a slave of the woman who he adores, who reluctantly grants him his wish. Recommendable for those who like to read classics, I guess for erotic literature you could do better.
A classic novel describing a morbid manifestation of love January 23, 2001
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Those interested in abnormal psychology will find this a "must" book. It is a tribute to the open-mindedness of modern publishing that such an extreme text which was for so long out of print and unavailable in English, is here offered to the reader at a knock-down price. Even the most casual reader cannot avoid being at once fascinated and repelled by the graphic descriptions of morbid yearnings never satisfied despite beatings, humiliations and tortures to soul and body. The painting about which Sacher-Masoch dreamed so vividly and to which frequent reference is made throughout the text is officially titled "Venus with a Mirror" by Titian, and perhaps it would have been preferable if the front cover image more nearly reflected this source of the author's inspiration. Might I suggest that the prospective book-buyer would be well advised to read in addition or instead, the arguably more accomplished books by Madame de Morville, titled La Dominatrice, Slaves of Isis, and The Chateau, to name but three.
derivation of the term "masochism" July 25, 1997
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
_Venus in Furs, a Novel: Letters of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and Emilie Mataja_ by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch contains the both the story "Venus in Furs" and a selection of letters between Sacher-Masoch and budding writer, Emilie Mataja. "Venus in Furs" is about a man who is obsessed with having his new mistress treat him like a slave. In particular, he wants her to become his ideal "venus in furs" and begs her to don furs and wield a whip against him. His desire to be treated as such is tested when she convinces him to sign an agreement to be her slave. The story is well-written, and one becomes drawn into the misery experienced by the man as his mistress becomes progressively more cruel. The letters between Sacher- Masoch and Mataja show Sacher-Masoch's inability at times to separate his fiction from his real life. Sacher-Masoch speaks of his married life and encourages Mataja in her writing, but his professional encouragement is shot through with requests to meet Mataja so that he can be whipped by her while she is wearing fur. Although there are certainly more graphically erotic examples present in current fiction, this book is a must read for those wanting to know why Sacher-Masoch's writings inspired Krafft-Ebing to create the term "masochism."
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