num_pages: 220
description: "He was born in 1836, in Lemberg, Galicia. His father was the chief of Police, his mother a noblewoman. A nervous and excitable child, he was once badly thrashed by an aunt he adored, &amp; though he later recalled the pain as terrible, he was enraptured by it. Thus the beginning." This is the first biography in English of von Sacher-Masoch, author of the notorious 'Venus in Firs', &amp;, like Sade &amp; Kafka, a name for a process. Includes a bibliography &amp; index.
language: English
title: The First Masochist: A Biography of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
titlecomplete: The First Masochist: A Biography of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
genres: Biography
ratings_count: 6
publisher: Stein & Day, Publishers (NYC)