# Venus in Furs

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- Book: [Venus in Furs](https://www.bookquiver.com/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/venus-in-furs) ([Venus in Furs.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/leopold-von-sacher-masoch/venus-in-furs.md))
- Authors: [Leopold von Sacher-Masoch](https://www.bookquiver.com/leopold-von-sacher-masoch)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- Translated by: Joachim Neugroschel
- ISBN: 978-01-4044-781-1
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2000-10-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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. 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 remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.