April W. reviewed on 4/28/2007 + 15 more book reviews

I was curious to read the inspiration for the term Masochism and this book tells the story of a man who longs to be made the slave of a woman. It's a thin book, 126 pages with 40 pages of introduction. But the intro helps to position the book in it's time and relevance as well as how it influenced psychology. it's refreshing to see a book that so openly explores something that even by today's standards seems very fringe-y. Especially considering the book was written over 130 years ago. I give it 3 stars because the character seems to be a little dense in vehemently proclaiming he need to be subjugated, but easily cries uncle.

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