Oscar Wilde

Salome (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A vengeful princess seeks the head of the prophet who rejected her advances. Salomé, by Oscar Wilde, is inspired by the Biblical figure John the Baptist and his tumultuous final days. It centers the capture and eventual murder of the prophet Jokanaan, at the request of the king's stepdaughter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 36
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513276267
• Artikelnr.: 61248155

Autorenporträt

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) was a Dublin-born poet and playwright who studied at the Portora Royal School, before attending Trinity College and Magdalen College, Oxford. The son of two writers, Wilde grew up in an intellectual environment. As a young man, his poetry appeared in various periodicals including Dublin University Magazine. In 1881, he published his first book Poems, an expansive collection of his earlier works. His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was released in 1890 followed by the acclaimed plays Lady Windermere's Fan (1893) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895).