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Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs | Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch
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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch was born in Lemberg, Austrian Galicia, on January 27, 1836. He studied jurisprudence at Prague and Graz, and in 1857 became a teacher at the latter university. He published several historical works, but soon gave up his academic career to devote himself wholly to literature. For a number of years he edited the international review, Auf der Hohe, at Leipzig, but later removed to Paris, for he was always strongly Francophile. His last years he spent at Lindheim in Hesse, Germany, where he died on March 9, 1895. In 1873 he married Aurora von Rumelin, who wrote a number of novels under the pseudonym of Wanda von Dunajew, which it is interesting to note is the name of the heroine of Venus in Furs. Her sensational memoirs which have been the cause of considerable controversy were published in 1906. During his career as writer an endless number of works poured from Sacher-Masoch's pen. Many of these were works of ephemeral journalism, and some of them unfortunately pure sensationalism, for economic necessity forced him to turn his pen to unworthy ends. There is, however, a residue among his works which has a distinct literary and even greater psychological value. His principal literary ambition was never completely fulfilled. It was a somewhat programmatic plan to give a picture of contemporary life in all its various aspects and interrelations under the general title of the Heritage of Cain. This idea was probably derived from Balzac's Comedie Humaine. The whole was to be divided into six subdivisions with the general titlesLove, Property, Money, The State, War, and Death. Each of these divisions in its turn consisted of six novels, of which the last was intended to summarize the author's conclusions and to present his solution for the problems set in the others. This extensive plan remained unachieved, and only the first two parts, Love and Property, were completed. Of the other sections only fragments remain. The present novel, Venus in Furs, forms the fifth in the series, Love.
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Cazxxx
Venus in Furs | Leopold Von Sacher Masoch
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#alphabetgame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Recently read this and really enjoyed it. I love the artwork on the cover so much that I bought a poster for my hall and it looks really cool! Klimt has always been my favourite artist 😊

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for playing 📚 2y
batsy Love seeing this book show up here! I read it ages ago but it was super compelling. 2y
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Cazxxx
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“I worship you so much that I am willing to tolerate anything from you as the price for being near you for the rest of my life”

Yuki_Onna That statement could be from me...
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Alexx.Harperr
Venus in Furs (Revised) | Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
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Quite a short book, I did enjoy it! It's mostly consists of dialogue between characters and is less descriptive than more modern works, but the story is intruiging nonetheless. Reading though the main character's contradictory fantasies with his 'ideal' woman proved interesting, a decent read if you're interested in 50-shades type works.

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One of my absolute favourite books.

2BR02B Great quote! 6y
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GoneFishing
Venus in Furs | Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch

The moral of the tale is this: whoever allows himself to be whipped, deserves to be whipped.

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paperboats
Venus in Furs (Revised) | Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
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I really enjoyed how the story unfolded, especially all the lush details of the human psyche. It all comes down to dominance, we are only animals, one must always prevail over the other. Good powerplay, wonderful depictment of an artistic era.

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Zakia
Venus in Furs (Revised) | Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
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Want to read the original 'Fifty Shades'? Then here it is. And it's well-written. So RAH to you, E L James! #copyright #ripoff #someoneelsehadthatideabeforeyou #badreplica

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