Books written by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

  • Masochism

    Includes "Coldness and Cruelty," by Gilles Deleuze, a study of masochism and sadism, as well as "Venus in Furs," the original novel by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch

  • Venus in Furs

    Severin is a young Galician nobleman with a secret; he can only love a woman with a ruthless heart, who will rain her whip upon him in a shower of bloody kisses.

  • Venus in Furs

    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.

  • Bloody Wedding in Kyiv: Two Tales of Olha, Kniahynia of Kyivan Rus

    Did you believe that a noble woman, the Kniahynia of the Rurik dynasty, could forget and not take revenge for the holy soul of her husband – and offer her hand to the murderer? Your bloody deed was so arrogant, your hopes and desires ...

  • Venus in Furs

    Venus in Furs Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch - The surrounding story concerns a man who dreams of talking to Venus almost adore whereas she wears hides.

  • Venus in Furs - The Original Classic Edition

    This edition includes an intriguing selection of letters between von Sacher-Masoch and a young correspondent that illuminates the real-life parallel of von Sacher-Masochs ideals and that of his oeuvre.

  • Venus in Furs (Esprios Classics)

    The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called Legacy of Cain. Venus in Furs was part of Love, the first volume of the series. It was published in 1870.

  • A Venus in Furs

    The novel draws themes, like female dominance and sadomasochism, and character inspiration heavily from Sacher-Masoch's own life. The framing story concerns a man who dreams of speaking to Venus about love while she wears furs.

  • Venus in Furs (new Translation)

    His name entered everyday language and the word masochism became known to everyone. Venus in Furs (1870), Sacher-Masoch's most famous work, is the story of a desperate, ardent, and cruel love.

  • Venus in Furs

    Severin is so infatuated with Wanda that he requests to be treated as her slave and encourages her to treat him in progressively more degrading ways.

  • Masochism

    In his stunning essay Coldness and Cruelty Gilles Deleuze provides a rigorous and informed philosophical examination of the work of late nineteenth-century German novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch. Deleuze’s essay, certainly...