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This is the first and only English edition of the racy and riveting Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch, an autobiographical account of the author's ten year marriage to Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (namesake of the term "masochism" and author of the S&M classic Venus in Furs). Confessions reveals how Wanda was forced to play "sadistic" roles in Leopold's fantasies to ensure the survival of herself and her three children—games which called into question who was the Master and who was the Slave.

The Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch is a compelling story of a woman's search for her own identity, strength, and independence. Underneath its unforgettable imagery and emotional cataclysms resides a woman's consistent, unblinking investigation of the limits of morality and the deepest meanings of love. Translated from French by Marian Phillips, Caroline Hebert, and V. Vale.

• Introduction
• "One must not use common standards..."
• Marie
• Catherine & Nora
• Catherine
• The Servant

"Extravagantly designed in an illustrated, oversized edition that is a pleasure to hold. It is also exquisitely written, engaging and literary and turns our preconceptions upside down."
LA Reader