Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, (January 27, 1836-1895), writer and journalist, was born in Lemberg. He had planned to write a series of six novels under the collective title The Heritage of Cain: only the first two were ever completed, of which Venus in Furs is the most famous. (Venus im Pelz is the original German language title). This novel tells of a man, Severin, so besotted to a woman that he requests to be treated as her slave, and encourages her to treat him in progressively more degrading ways. Severin describes his feelings during these experiences as supersensuality.-wikipedia.en |