![]() This manuscript tells of a man, Severin von Kusiemski, who is so infatuated with a woman, Wanda von Dunajew, that he asks to be her slave, and encourages her to treat him in progressively more degrading ways. The unnamed narrator tells his dreams to a friend, Severin, who tells him how to break him of his fascination with cruel women by reading a manuscript, Memoirs of a Suprasensual Man. The framing story concerns a man who dreams of speaking to Venus about love while she wears furs. ![]() The novel draws themes, like female dominance and sadomasochism, and character inspiration heavily from Sacher-Masoch's own life. ![]() Venus in Furs is a novella by the Austrian author Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and the best known of his works. ![]()
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