Venus in Furs
Venus in Furs describes the obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman who desires to be enslaved to a woman. Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. This is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and others in the realm of desire. 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. This remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading pub…
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Weitere Autoren: Neugroschel, Joachim (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-101-64018-0
- EAN: 9781101640180
- Produktnummer: 19609050
- Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 195 KB
Über den Autor
Joachim Neugroschel has won three PEN translation awards and the French-American translation prize. He has also translated Thomas Mann's Death in Venice and Sacher-Masoch's Venus in Furs, both for Penguin Classics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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