The Venus in Furs begins with a dream; the friend (the narrator) remembers having a strange dream. A Roman Venus came to visit him. The man wakes up, haunted by this dream; he hastens to tell his friend Severin about it. Severin gives him a manuscript entitled Confessions of a Supersensual Man.
The Venus in Furs begins with a dream; the friend (the narrator) remembers having a strange dream. A Roman Venus came to visit him. The man wakes up, haunted by this dream; he hastens to tell his friend Severin about it. Severin gives him a manuscript entitled Confessions of a Supersensual Man. The man then immerses himself in reading Severin's diary and his past. Another story begins, recounting his love affair with Wanda von Dunajew. Regularly, Severin goes to a garden to caress and kiss the feet of his beloved Venus, a stone statue. One full moon night, he meets a young widow, Wanda. Severin is troubled by this woman who loudly proclaims her principles: to break morality, to trample Christianity underfoot, to obey only the laws of pleasure. He feels drawn to this creature who could embody his Venus. To consummate his affair with Wanda, Severin devises and drafts a contract: he agrees to be her servant, her slave, even her plaything, and to endure any humiliation she deems appropriate. In return, Wanda agrees to always wear fur and embody Severin's ideal: a Venus in fur from the North…
