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VENUS_IN_FURS

                                             August 11, 2010

                                                     ANVIL
   The Leopold von Sacher-Masoch novel,
   "Venus in Furs" (from which we get the
   term masochism, of course), was a
   impressive novel to me, surprisingly       (Or at least, it was
   so, I thought.                              impressive several
                                               decades ago... haven't
   I expected more De Sade (which is           read it since.)
   deranged, philosophical pornography,
   a depiction more of the extreme mental
   state of the author than anything else).

      "Venus in Furs" is actually
      a genuine psychological novel,
      everyone in the story seems
      quite plausible...
              
           The dominatrix who apparently    
           tells herself that she's          
           doing it For His Own Good (to       
           help him get over his                That sudden flash
           misplaced romantic idealism),        of jealousy and
           but is herself in a state of         violence when she
           denial about how much she's          sees Severin glance
           been getting into her role.          at the black servant
                                                woman...






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