During his lifetime, Sacher-Masoch was well known as a man of letters, in particular a utopian thinker who espoused socialist and humanist ideals in his fiction and non-fiction.
În timpul vieții sale, Sacher-Masoch a fost un bine cunoscut literat, gânditor utopic care a îmbrățișat în scrierile sale idealurile utopice și socialiste.