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Venus in Furs
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Venus in Furs (Venus im Pelz) is a book, published in 1870, by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch that largely led to him lending his name to the term Masochism. It deals with his fantasies of a pale skinned woman wearing furs (hence the name) and dominating him. It was supposed to be part of a larger series of novellas, covering all of human life. Sacher-Masoch never finished the series, and what he did write apart from Venus is pretty much forgotten.The plot: Severin, a young nobleman, falls in love with the beautiful Wanda, whom he calls his "Venus in Fur." He tells her about his fantasy of her whipping and dominating him as her slave. She tells him that's not her thing but agrees to give it a try if it will make him happy, so they start living as mistress and slave (they even sign a contract, explicitly stating this). Shortly after Severin begins to feel that Wanda's taking things a little too far, she falls in love with Alexis, a dominant Greek guy, whom she allows to brutally whip the narrator. Later, after the Greek has died, she tells her (now ex-)slave that she might have married him... if only he hadn't been that perverted and insisted on being her slave — women can only respect men who are strong, not submissive.What did Severin learn from his experience? He tells us:Velvet Underground wrote a well-known song based on it, and there have obviously been several film adaptations. Some even attempt to be artsy!It has its counterparts in: the works of Marquis Donatien Alphonse François de Sade, most notably Justine, Juliette and The 120 Days of Sodom; The Story of O by Pauline Reage; the romantic B-plot of The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand; and Fifty Shades of Grey. | |
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Stop, or I Shoot Myself! | |
| Venus in Furs / int_11519098 | comment |
Stop, or I Shoot Myself!: Severin relays that when Alexis Papadopolis disguised himself as a woman in Paris, a singer fell so desperately in love with him that he threatened to kill himself if the "beautiful woman" refused his advances. When Wanda begins to take an interest in Alexis, Severin can feel her pulling away from him. He goes to her chambers and desperately pleads for her not to dismiss him. Wanda continues to treat him as a plaything, just as he had requested, and is entirely unimpressed when he takes her dagger and threatens to kill himself if she doesn't return his affections: | |
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Reclining Venus | |
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Reclining Venus: Severin is so struck by the image he sees in the mirror of Wanda (wrapped only in a velvet and sable cloak after a bath) in repose and himself waiting dutifully at her feet that he convinces her to commission a painter for a double portrait. When Wanda has suitably ensnared the painter by sitting for a Madonna they recreate the earlier scene, with Wanda "dressed in nothing but the sable fur" and "stretched out on the velvet cushions as on the former occasion." This is the picture that so interests the narrator in the Frame Story. | |
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Gone Horribly Right | |
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Gone Horribly Right: Severin wants to shape Wanda into his ideal dominatrix. He succeeds... but in the process she comes to despise him for the simpering submissive he is and walks out. | |
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Attractive Bent-Gender: Severin relays an anecdote about Alexis disguising himself as a woman while in Paris and having crowds of desperate male admirers. | |
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Pretty in Mink | |
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Pretty in Mink: This Venus does wear lovely furs. | |
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Erotic Literature | |
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Erotic Literature: A famous example, but downplayed. There are no actual sex scenes; the erotic appeal is in the story's premise getting played out. | |
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Even the Guys Want Him | |
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Even the Guys Want Him: Overlaps with Attractive Bent-Gender for Alexis Papadopolis. When Severin first encounters Alexis, he's equally distressed by Wanda's infatuation and empathetic to her attraction to the man: | |
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I Kiss Your Foot | |
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I Kiss Your Foot: Severin kisses Wanda's feet on several occasions. | |
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Gorgeous Greek | |
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Gorgeous Greek: Alexis Papadopolis, with whom Wanda becomes infatuated, is described as incredibly handsome even by the jealous Severin. | |
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At the Opera Tonight | |
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At the Opera Tonight: When Wanda learns that Alexis (whom she has only just met) will be attending the Nicolini Theater, she sends Severin to reserve a box. According Severin, she and Alexis ignore the performance and spend the whole evening making eyes at each other: | |
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Hemo Erotic | |
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Hemoerotic: Being flogged until you bleed is arousing. | |
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Significant Green-Eyed Redhead | |
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Wanda herself is a Significant Green-Eyed Redhead, and Severin pushes her to take the role of an overbearing dominatrix. | |
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Never My Fault | |
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Never My Fault: When Severin gets angry at how seriously Wanda begins taking their fantasy, she reminds him she's only giving him exactly what he always wanted. | |
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Fetish | |
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Fetish: A book focused about it. | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For | |
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Severin's efforts to turn Wanda into a sadistic dominatrix go horribly right. | |
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Whip of Dominance | |
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Whip of Dominance: Played With. The core of Severin and Wanda's S&M is her whipping him. But he the one that's being dominant and pushed Wanda to do it, and she's not very comfortable with it... at first. Eventually, she does turn into a Dominatrix of the very Sadist kind, and her whipping sessions actually start really hurting Severin, and he starts having second thoughts. | |
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Spoof Aesop | |
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Spoof Aesop: The Do Not Do This Cool Thing final note. Shame — wouldn't exactly have been a bad anvil to drop at that point in history... | |
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Fiery Redhead | |
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Fiery Redhead: Wanda herself is a Significant Green-Eyed Redhead, and Severin pushes her to take the role of an overbearing dominatrix. While signing the contract, Severin notes that the ceiling is painted with a scene of Samson and Delilah where Delilah is depicted with "flaming red hair." | |
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Irony | |
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Irony: Unsurprisingly, Severin — the masochist who wants to be whipped and treated like a slave — is the one calling all the shots in the relationship, always telling Wanda what to do and how to behave, writing the script and directing the action, and she obediently follows his instructions and gives him the fantasy he demands. Once she becomes less reluctant and starts taking real charge of things, it's no fun for him anymore but terrifying. | |
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Shout-Out | |
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Shout-Out: The song "Venus in Furs" by Velvet Underground from their debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico is based on this novel. The Electric Wizard song "Venus in Furs" nods to it as well. | |
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Naked in Mink | |
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Naked in Mink: Wanda does wear some furs with nothing else — as does Venus herself in the Frame Story. | |
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Evil Feels Good | |
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Evil Feels Good: Wanda is weirded out by Severin's fantasies, at first, but after she gives it a few tries, she realizes... she likes it! | |
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I Love You Because I Can't Control You | |
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I Love You Because I Can't Control You: Severin argues he can only love a woman he can respect, and, of course, you can only respect someone who's strong and powerful. The problem, however, as Wanda explains, is that she can only love a strong man she can respect, too... | |
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All Women Are Doms, All Men Are Subs / int_cdf31ec5 | |
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At the Opera Tonight / int_cdf31ec5 | |
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Stop, or I Shoot Myself! / int_cdf31ec5 | |
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