Demonic Women: Tales and Stories

The Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch gained worldwide fame for his novels and stories, where the main theme is the power of a beautiful and despotic woman over a weak man; at the same time, the man derives pleasure from the physical and emotional violence from the woman (masochism). The heroines of the cycle of stories "Demonic Women" by Sacher-Masoch are domineering and ruthless, holding nothing back in love or hatred. They take away others' lovers and ruthlessly avenge the wrongs done to them, they cruelly torture men, turning them into their slaves, and invariably lead them to a thin line between pain and pleasure. This edition also includes the novellas "Moonlit Night" and "Plato's Love."