Venus im Pelz by Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch
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"Venus im Pelz" by Ritter von Leopold Sacher-Masoch is a novella written in 1870. A young man named Severin becomes entranced by the beautiful widow Wanda and begs her to become his mistress in the literal sense—to dominate and control him completely. As Severin transforms into her slave Gregor, Wanda alternates between cruel tormentor and loving companion, pushing him to his physical and psychological limits. The work inspired the term "masochism" and
explores extreme power dynamics in relationships through Severin's obsessive desires and their devastating consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter von, 1835-1895 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Buchholz, Fritz |
| Title | Venus im Pelz |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_in_Furs Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_im_Pelz |
| Credits |
Produced by Peter Becker, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 78.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | German |
| LoC Class | PT: Language and Literatures: Germanic, Scandinavian, and Icelandic literatures |
| Subject | Erotic fiction |
| Subject | Sadomasochism -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 56156 |
| Release Date | Dec 10, 2017 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 13130 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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