{"product_id":"venus-in-furs-von-leopold-sacher-masoch","title":"Venus in Furs","description":"\u003cp\u003eExcerpt: ...and Wanda thrust forth her head full of curling- papers. \"I haven't had my hair dressed yet,\" she said, smiling. \"What have you there?\" \"A letter-\" \"For me?\" I nodded. \"Ah, you want to break with me,\" she exclaimed, mockingly. \"Didn't you tell me yesterday that I wasn't the man for you?\" \"I repeat it now!\" \"Very well, then.\" My whole body was trembling, my voice failed me, and I handed her the letter. \"Keep it,\" she said, measuring me coldly. \"You forget that is no longer a question as to whether you satisfy me as a man; as a slave you will doubtless do well enough.\" \"Madame!\" I exclaimed, aghast. \"That is what you will call me in the future,\" replied Wanda, throwing back her head with a movement of unutterable contempt. \"Put your affairs in order within the next twenty-four hours. The day after to-morrow I shall start for Italy, and you will accompany me as my servant.\" \"Wanda-\" \"I forbid any sort of familiarity,\" she said, cutting my words short, \"likewise you are not to come in unless I call or ring for you, and you are not to speak to me until you are spoken to. From now on your name is no longer Severin, but Gregor.\" I trembled with rage, and yet, unfortunately, I cannot deny it, I also felt a strange pleasure and stimulation. \"But, madame, you know my circumstances,\" I began in my confusion. \"I am dependent on my father, and I doubt whether he will give me the large sum of money needed for this journey-\" \"That means you have no money, Gregor,\" said Wanda, delightedly, \"so much the better, you are then entirely dependent on me, and in fact my slave.\" \"You don't consider,\" I tried to object, \"that as man of honor it is impossible for me-\" \"I have indeed considered it,\" she replied almost with a tone of command. \"As a man of honor you must keep your oath and redeem your promise to follow me as slave whithersoever I demand and to obey whatever I command. Now leave me, Gregor!\" I turned toward the door. \"Not yet-you...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9781153738002\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9781153738002","offer_id":40764629614685,"sku":"9781153738002","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/fa34fdc4-0afd-4624-adb1-c148f0b47505.jpg?v=1774415541","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/venus-in-furs-von-leopold-sacher-masoch","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}