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Publisher's Summary
If you've ever been curious about where the term "masochism" comes from, you will find it laden in the pages of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's masterpiece, Venus in Furs, for whom the term was named. Drawn in part from his own life experiences, Sacher-Masoch's novel develops an eroticism unlike any other. The book's protagonist, Severin, is so infatuated and obsessed with the object of his desire, Wanda, that he asks to be her slave. Although hesitant at first, Wanda's treatment of Severin becomes more and more depraved, fueling Severin's own desires for cruelty.
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- Sarterus
- 04-15-17
Great Classic Erotica, Terrible Narration
Would you try another book from the authors and/or Patrick Downer?
Author yes, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Voice no Patrick Downer. The short historical intro was very good!
Who was your favorite character and why?
I loved and hated them all :) The characters were great and terrible at the same time. the writing of this classic is amazing and to prose to die for.
What didn’t you like about Patrick Downer’s performance?
Whiny over acted voices. I had to buy a physical copy to make it through the text. this was one of the worse voice acting jobs I have heard. It was accurate and well pronounced but detracted from the story.
Do you think Venus in Furs needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
The author is dead!
Any additional comments?
Please rerecord this classic with another narrator and comp it to me over this rough version.
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- Gary
- 09-03-18
Why This Narrator?
This is supposed to be a book with a sense of humor. Why is it being narrated by an overly-serious, crackly-voiced whining man? And having him read the female parts in a slightly raised voice is funny in the wrong way. Impossible to get lost in this very interesting story.
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- Umpqua Bank
- 07-11-18
I can only take so much....!
The story , a guy saying he wants to submit , could be wonderful if told in an interesting, realistic way which this is not. The reader was good but i have nobody to compare it with. Jeremy Irons read Lolita and anything is downhill after that, eh. I listened to Roth's 'Sabbath's Theater' and 'Venus in Furs' is so tame in comparison. After 3 hours of this i can't handle it anymore. It's written well enough i suppose but the guy, Gregor or whatever name he goes by, and his 'dominatrix' are so boring after 3 hours of conversation which goes 'no place'. They talk about submitting and dominating for 3 hours while doing neither. As long as they 'talk about submitting and being a slave' , and such talk , just remains 'talk'. Jabbering about the same thing in ridiculous language. I want to be your slave , no i don't yes i do. I want to dominate you no i don't yes i do. I'll die for you then good that means i can kill you if i want to. I didn't know you were this bad. I am not this bad oh i am this bad yes i am no i'm not yes you are no you aren't yes i am. There's nothing interesting about this. Both people, obviously, are as self absorbed and selfish and self centered as two people can get.
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- Mary
- 06-22-15
stupid and boring.
this was rediculous. I fast forwarded most of it, then deleted all together. Going from chapter to chapter, story never changed
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- Maggiemom
- 06-21-15
Waste of time
What aspect of Patrick Downer’s performance would you have changed?
It was uncomfortable to listen to well-known celebrity voicing this type of content.
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I can't imagine anyone being entertained by the content here
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- Gray Amposta
- 02-28-23
Possibly one of the most annoying main character
good reading, historic novel, but gosh the protagonist is just the worst ever. I could have listened to something better.
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- E. J.
- 08-28-22
Wanda's position was understandable.
Severn was more than a bit of an ass, despite everything to do with his ardour. I found him positively annoying. Still, the novel does present some genuine insights into gender relations and the (at the time theoretical) notion of women's rights before these became recognized by law, to some degree.
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- Frank Donnelly
- 04-09-22
An Interesting Story About A Dominating / Submissive Relationship
This story is translated into modern conversational English and as such provides a good candidate for a listening experience. As literature I would call it an “easy read”. The subject matter is adult. However the story is not obscene. The primary form of dominance involves whips. I found it interesting that the term masochism is derived from the name of this author. There is a reference to the words “Venus in Furs” within “Ulysses” by James Joyce. Studying that put me on to this story. Thank You…
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- Mr Monti
- 07-05-21
Great story!
Super sensuous and fun. I had a good laugh at the end when I pictured the main character play by woody allen. I highly recommend it
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- Anonymous User
- 05-09-20
Insight into the relationship between man and woman
People are overly harsh about the narrator, his performance invokes the feelings of disgust any healthy person should feel while reading this book.
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- Dr Jay
- 04-05-22
An old favourite of mine So badly cast
This favourite of mine ruined by bad casting. I couldn't bear to listen to it, this narrator is either deep nor inspiring of this great story. I save your money and buy a different copy with a better narrator
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- dave!yognought
- 01-04-19
It's great
This beautiful narration made laugh and cry and suffer in a masochistic torment, I still don't want to take the warning tho but was very persuasive.
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A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.
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A twisted tale of vanity and poisonous people
- By Shantastic on 10-02-19
By: Oscar Wilde
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Therese Raquin
- By: Émile Zola
- Narrated by: Traci Svendsgaard
- Length: 6 hrs and 41 mins
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In a dingy apartment on the Passage du Pont-Neuf in Paris, Thérèse Raquin is trapped in a loveless marriage to her sickly cousin, Camille. The numbing tedium of her life is suddenly shattered when she embarks on a turbulent affair with her husband's earthy friend, Laurent. But their passion for each other soon compels the lovers to commit a crime that will haunt them forever.
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Kill the Sound Effects
- By Nancy E. Teufel on 06-08-09
By: Émile Zola
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Nightwood
- By: Djuna Barnes, Jeanette Winterson - preface, T. S. Eliot - introduction
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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Nightwood, Djuna Barnes's strange and sinuous tour de force novel unfolds in the decadent shadows of Europe's great cities, Paris, Berlin, and Vienna - a world in which the boundaries of class, religion, and sexuality are bold but surprisingly porous. The outsized characters who inhabit this world are some of the most memorable in all of fiction.
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The unendurable is the beginning of the curve...
- By Darwin8u on 01-18-20
By: Djuna Barnes, and others
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Abundance
- A Novel of Marie Antoinette
- By: Sena Jeter Naslund
- Narrated by: Susanna Burney
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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Marie Antoinette was a child of 14 when she was made to leave her family and country to become the wife of another child, France's 15-year-old King Louis the XVI. Far from home and suddenly thrust not only into the role of a woman and wife, but of a queen, Marie Antoinette lived an astonishing, though short, existence.
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Not for history fans
- By Cx30 on 12-09-06
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Cry to Heaven
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Tim Curry
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
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In a sweeping saga of music and vengeance, the acclaimed author of The Vampire Chronicles draws listeners into 18th-century Italy, bringing to life the decadence beneath the shimmering surface of Venice, the wild frivolity of Naples, and the magnetic terror of its shadow, Vesuvius. This is the story of the castrati, the exquisite and otherworldly sopranos whose graceful bodies and glorious voices win the adulation of royal courts and grand opera houses throughout Europe. These men are revered as idols - and, at the same time, scorned for all they are not.
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Abridged means missing 2/3 of original book!
- By B Chatman on 08-04-15
By: Anne Rice
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The Oscar Wilde Collection
- By: Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: James Marsters, Jacqueline Bisset, Alfred Molina, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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Four classic comedies from one of the wittiest playwrights in Western literature: Lady Windermere's Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, and The Importance of Being Earnest, all featuring star-studded casts with the likes of Jacqueline Bisset, Miriam Margolyes, James Marsters, Alfred Molina, Roger Rees, Yeardley Smith, Eric Stoltz, and many more. This audio also includes a chilling dramatization of Wilde's sole novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Good Collection
- By Anniebligh on 03-31-12
By: Oscar Wilde
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The Leopard
- A Novel
- By: Giuseppe di Lampedusa, Archibald Colquhuon - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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Set in the 1860s, The Leopard tells the spellbinding story of a decadent, dying Sicilian aristocracy threatened by the approaching forces of democracy and revolution. The dramatic sweep and richness of observation, the seamless intertwining of public and private worlds, and the grasp of human frailty imbue The Leopard with its particular melancholy beauty and power, and place it among the greatest historical novels of our time.
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Quality in the old way
- By Isabel from Paraguay on 11-05-22
By: Giuseppe di Lampedusa, and others
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Letter from an Unknown Woman
- By: Stefan Zweig
- Narrated by: Heather Wood, K. Anderson Yancy
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Immediately following the death of her young son, distraught and heartbroken, a woman sends a heart-wrenching letter to the only man she has ever loved, chronicling their love affair, opening with, "To you, who have never known me."
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Tough 2 Hear With Background Music & Sound Effects
- By DK on 09-19-15
By: Stefan Zweig
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Merivel
- A Man of His Time
- By: Rose Tremain
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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In search of answers, Merivel sets off for the French court. But Versailles leaves him in despair, until a chance encounter with a seductive Swiss botanist allows him to dream of an honorable future. But back home, his loyalty and medical skill are about to be tested to the limit, while the captive bear he has brought back from France begins to cause havoc.
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On Foolishness and Mortality
- By Ilana on 12-27-14
By: Rose Tremain
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Jane Eyre
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Thandiwe Newton
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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Following Jane from her childhood as an orphan in Northern England through her experience as a governess at Thornfield Hall, Charlotte Brontë's Gothic classic is an early exploration of women's independence in the mid-19th century and the pervasive societal challenges women had to endure. At Thornfield, Jane meets the complex and mysterious Mr. Rochester, with whom she shares a complicated relationship that ultimately forces her to reconcile the conflicting passions of romantic love and religious piety.
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Perfect!!
- By Amazon Customer on 04-21-16
By: Charlotte Brontë
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A Hero of Our Time
- By: Mikhail Lermontov
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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In A Hero of Our Time, Grigory Pechorin is a bored, self-centered, and cynical young army officer who believes in nothing. With impunity he toys with the love of women and the goodwill of men. He is brave, determined, and willful, but his wasted energy and potential ultimately result in tragedy.
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Genius Presentation of Ywtsaxt fas
- By Brad Isaak on 11-06-16