Venus in Furs
{{Venus in Furs}}
Basic Info
- Author: Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch
- Year: 1870
- Type: #primary1
Summary (brief)
-narrator dreams of being taunted by goddess of love, Venus, who is dressed in furs. He visits Severin and notices he has a painting of himself lying at the feet of a woman dressed in furs who has her foot on him and a whip in her hand. The narrator remarks that this image is just like his dream, and Severin gives the narrator a copy of his manuscript, Confessions of a Supersensual Man; this is about Severin's life, detailing his affair with Wanda. Severin becomes Wanda's slave; she wears furs and tortures him; they move to Florence where they can be more openly master and slave; Wanda meets someone she likes better; Severin tires to die by suicide but shamefully returns to ask for money to get home; Wanda ties up Severin and she and her new bf beat him up.
Major Themes
- #erotica
- #obsession
- #feminist
- #monstrous-femine
- #flagellation
- #genderbending
- #hatingwomen
- #marriage/relationships/friendship
- #dreams
Key Passages / Quotes
Quote 1
quote:: “I am no bird.”
page:: 197
themes:: freedom, identity
Genre Notes
novella
Characters / Concepts (if relevant)
-Severin von Kusimeski
-Wanda von Dunajew
Theory Connections
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