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Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
Sacher-Masoch
Austrian novelist (1836-1895) whose name later gave rise to the term 'masochism'; Sasha stumbles comically over his unfamiliar name while reading aloud, unaware of its later notoriety.
Reading notes
- Untitled Play (Bezottsovshchina / "Platonov") §2840 "Sacher-Masoch"
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895), Austrian novelist whose name later gave rise to the term "masochism"; Sasha, reading aloud from a book Platonov assigned her, stumbles comically over the unfamiliar foreign name without grasping its notoriety.
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 17–18 April 1883. Moscow. §11 Sacher-Masoch's
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer whose observations on class and the sexes Chekhov cites as a supposed authority in his mock argument.