Venus in Furs Sacher-Masoch Leopold von

Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. 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.

This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. 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. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines.

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