First published in 1870, Venus in Furs gained for its author both notoriety and a degree of immortality when the word "masochism"--derived from his name--entered the psychiatric lexicon. The novel describes the sexual obsessions of Severin von Kusiemski, a European nobleman with the desire "to be the slave of a woman." Severin finds his ideal of voluptuous cruelty in the merciless Wanda von Dunajew. Not simply a lurid tale of sexual perversion, nor a Victorian fantasy of antique decadence, Venus in Furs is a passionate and powerful portrayal of one man's struggle to enlighten and instruct himself and his world in the realm of desire. Influential on Freud, Thomas Mann, and Arthur Schnitzler, Venus in Furs remains a classic literary statement on sexual submission and control.

《金阁寺》描写青年沟口素来因自己的生理缺陷而自卑并甚而失去生活的信心和乐趣，唯一的精神支柱是寄托于名胜古迹金阁寺的对美的追求，但又日渐感觉美的永恒存在是对世俗人生追求的阻碍，于是终于一把火烧了金阁寺，摆脱了“美”对人生的禁锢。 与《金阁寺》相比，安部公房的《砂女》，可谓用另一种语言构筑的另一世界。“他”即主人公，某学校教员仁木顺平，利用休假日外出采集昆虫标本，住宿砂穴民家。穴中只住有一位年轻女人。第二天“他”醒来发现，通往地面的绳梯已被人撤去，始知自己受了欺骗。这处砂的村落由那位把“他”引往砂穴中的“年长者”控制着。虽有粮水烟茶平均按时供给，却无行动自由。“他”几次劝导年轻的女人放弃这种无视自我存在的、为了苟活而终日挖砂不止的活动，却遭到女人绝念而平静的拒绝：不可能。在与女人的肉体生活中，“他“获得过短暂的快乐，但逃跑的心不死。然而几次行动都惨遭失败。后来在送已有身孕的女人去医院时，“他”得到了通往地上的绳梯，却已无心逃出。

An erotic novel, which is a sequel to "Story of O".