The novel draws themes like female dominance and sadomasochism and character inspiration heavily from Sacher-Masochs own life Wanda von Dunajew the novels central female character was modelled after Fanny Pistor who was an emerging literary writer The two met when Pistor contacted Sacher-Masoch under assumed name and fictitious title of Baroness Bogdanoff for suggestions on improving her writing to make it suitable for publication...