{"product_id":"venus-in-furs","title":"Venus in Furs","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\" id=\"docs-internal-guid-0542f4d4-7fff-f78b-862f-2c91714ac6e9\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA story so perverse it inspired Freud.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFew titles have captured the erotic imaginary as vividly as Leopold von Sacher-Masoch’s novella \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVenus in Furs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eVenus im Pelz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e). Published in 1870, it was inspired by the author’s relationship with his first wife and fellow writer Fanny von Pistor, with whom he signed a ‘love contract’ agreeing to become her slave.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eFramed as a found manuscript, the story follows the increasingly fraught dynamic between Severin von Kusiemski and the object of his obsession, Wanda von Dunajew. As his infatuation deepens, Severin begs to be treated with contempt and degradation at the hands of his beloved. The book’s legacy runs from Freud’s coining of the term “masochism” (much to Sacher-Masoch’s displeasure) to the Velvet Underground’s iconic drone-rock track.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWhile Luxor Press issued the first unexpurgated English translation in 1965, the prize for prettiest surely goes to Sphere Books, whose edition from the same year features a 60s-meets-1960s boudoir-style portrait on the cover.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jouissance","offers":[{"title":"Sphere Paperback Edition","offer_id":56997983453565,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0825\/6054\/9167\/files\/BookshopThumbnails_14.png?v=1758646137","url":"https:\/\/shop.jouissanceparfums.com\/products\/venus-in-furs","provider":"Jouissance","version":"1.0","type":"link"}