First published in 1870, the author of 'Venus in Furs' defined -- and unwittingly gave his own name to -- that sexual proclivity we know as masochism in this understated, charged erotic classic.
From the first moment Severin sees Wanda, draped in furs, he is captivated by her beauty, and her cruelty. Soon desire becomes obsession as they enter into a world of pleasure and pain to which it seems there are no boundaries. But as Wanda's fantasies become brutal and she takes another lover, their games begin to get dangerously out of control.