<p><em><strong>Venus in Furs</strong></em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;(German:&nbsp;</span><em>Venus im Pelz</em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">) is a&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Novella">novella</a><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">&nbsp;by the Austrian author&nbsp;</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_von_Sacher-Masoch" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" title="Leopold von Sacher-Masoch">Leopold von Sacher-Masoch</a><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">, and the best known of his works. The novel was to be part of an epic series that Sacher-Masoch envisioned called&nbsp;</span><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_of_Cain" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(11, 0, 128); background: none;" title="Legacy of Cain">Legacy of Cain</a></em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">.&nbsp;</span><em>Venus in Furs</em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">was part of&nbsp;</span><em>Love</em><span style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family:sans-serif; font-size:14px">, the first volume of the series. It was published in 1870</span></p>
