My company was charming.
Opposite me by the massive Renaissance fireplace sat Venus; she was not a casual woman of the half-world, who under this pseudonym wages war against the enemy sex, like Mademoiselle Cleopatra, but the real, true goddess of love.
She sat in an armchair and had kindled a crackling fire, whose reflection ran in red flames over her pale face with its white eyes, and from time to time over her feet when she sought to warm them.
Her head was wonderful in spite of the dead stony eyes; it was all I could see of her. She had wrapped her marble-like body in a huge fur, and rolled herself up trembling like a cat.
“I don’t understand it,” I exclaimed, “It isn’t really cold any longer. For two weeks past we have had perfect spring weather. You must be nervous.”
“Much obliged for your spring,” she replied with a low stony voice, and immediately afterwards sneezed divinely, twice in succession.
Venus in this abstract North, in this icy Christian world, has to creep into huge black furs so as not to catch cold—
[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Venus in Furs]
Even though this isn’t a classical pose, I’m stretching my definition a bit and including this in my poses of Venus series.
this is beautiful…as usual…
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I love the passage you posted to go along with these beautiful images
Mollyxxx
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Gorgeous post! Love the images 🙂
Rebel xox
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I think it’s perfect, Venus. I’ve not read that novel, but there is a play Venus in Fur adapted from it by David Ives, which I’ve seen. I have not seen the Polanski movie yet. You have now added to the Venus in Furs canon.
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I went looking for a quotation for this post first but am reading the book now, and Gawan has recommended the movie to me.
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So, you liked it. I’ll have to get it.
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Beautiful poses 🙂
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Gosh, these are beautiful! The B+W is stunning and I love the words that go with them. Xxx
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I’ve read the book and it is quite a read! Your images are stunning!
Velvet x
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Wow. Those images are simply stunning.
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Very Sexy. Very Artistic. Nostalgic Quality.
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Beautiful images!
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You have taken my breath away. You have some seriously incredible gams!
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Thank you!
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