How Long to Read Venus in Furs

How Long Does it Take to Read Venus in Furs?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 53 minutes to read Venus in Furs by Ritter Sacher-Masoch

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Venus in Furs is a story by the Austrian novelist Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, and it is the best known of his works. The fiction was to be part of an epic list that Sacher-Masoch envisioned and called Legacy of Cain. The novel describes themes, like female dominance and sadomasochism, and character inspiration heavily from Sacher-Masoch's own life. Wanda von Dunajew, the book's central female character, was modeled after Fanny Pistor, that was an emerging writer. They met when Pistor contacted Sacher-Masoch, under feigned name and fictitious title of Baroness Bogdanoff, for recommendations on improving her writing to make it suitable for publication. The framing story involves a man who dreams of speaking to Venus regarding love while she wears furs. The unnamed storyteller tells his thoughts to a friend, Severin, who tells him how to break himself of his fascination with the evil women by reading a manuscript, Memoirs of a Supersensual Man. This manuscript is the story of a man, Severin von Kusiemski, who is so obsessed with a female, Wanda von Dunajew, that he requests to be her slave, and urges her to treat him in progressively more humiliating ways. At first, Wanda does not accede to the request, but after humoring Severin a bit, she discovers the advantages of the method to be interesting and enthusiastically welcomes the idea, although at the same time she despises Severin for allowing her to do so. Severin describes his feelings during these experiences as suprasensuality. Severin and Wanda travel to Florence. Along the way, Severin takes the general Russian servant's name of "Gregor" and the performance of Wanda's servant. In Florence, Wanda treats him mercilessly as a domestic and recruits a trio of African women to dominate him. The connection arrives at a crisis when Wanda meets a man to whom she would like to control, a Byronic hero known as Alexis Papadopolis. At the end...

How long is Venus in Furs?

Venus in Furs by Ritter Sacher-Masoch is 172 pages long, and a total of 43,344 words.

This makes it 58% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Venus in Furs Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 56 minutes to read Venus in Furs aloud.

What Reading Level is Venus in Furs?

Venus in Furs is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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