Aurora Rümelin
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Aurora Rümelin (March 14, 1845 - ?) better know pseudonymously as Wanda v. Dunajew was the spouse of Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch during about 10 years. They were married on October 12, 1873.
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The Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch
- In 1907, during a meeting at Mercure de France, Paris's foremost publisher, a little old lady in a ratty fur coat marched in and announced herself at the reception desk. Immediately her name, whispered from ear to ear. triggered a flood of memories in the minds of onlookers: "Madame de Sacher-Masoch...the Venus in Furs...Wanda, the bride, naked under her furs." Incredulously, those present stared at this legend whom they did not even know was still alive—this old woman, whose gray tufts of hair sprouted under a seedy worn hat; her thin figure beneath a peeling, shedding old fur. Decades earlier her pioneering, flamboyant "S&M" lifestyle had inspired numerous articles and several books, then she had fallen into poverty and obscurity. Out of a decrepit handbag she retrieved a thick manuscript, which Mercure de France would publish that year under the title Confession de ma vie.
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Further reading
- Wanda von Sacher-Masoch. (1991). "The Confessions of Wanda von Sacher-Masoch" excerpts). RE/Search Publications. ISBN 0940642239 (translated from French by Marian Phillips, Caroline Hebert
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