Venus in Furs - Paperback

by Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch (Author)

A classic literary exploration of sexual dominance and submission, this 1870 novel introduced ""masochism"" into the language of psychiatry. The timeless psychodrama chronicles a nobleman's slavish obsession with a whip-wielding beauty.

Author Biography

Austrian author and journalist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-95) enjoyed a fantasy- and fetish-oriented sex life of such legendary proportions that his name serves as the origin of the term masochism.