Salome: A Tragedy in One Act (Illustrated and Annotated)

by Oscar Wilde

Overview

Salome is a work of tragedy by Oscar Wilde. The original 1891 version of the play was in French. Three years later an English translation was published. The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salome, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather's dismay but to the delight of her mother Herodias, requests the head of Jokanaan (John the Baptist) on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.

This edition has been formatted for your NOOK, with an active table of contents. This edition is also illustrated and annotated, with additional information about the book and its author, including an overview, characters, versions, oriigins and themes, significance, biographical and bibliographical information.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151594653
Publisher:	Bronson Tweed Publishing
Publication date:	06/02/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	198 KB

About the Author

Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After composing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death.

Date of Birth:

October 16, 1854

Date of Death:

November 30, 1900

Place of Birth:

Dublin, Ireland

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Education:

The Royal School in Enniskillen, Dublin, 1864; Trinity College, Dublin, 1871; Magdalen College, Oxford, England, 1874