Salome

About this book

Salomé asks to see the imprisoned prophet Iokanaan. When he rejects her, fascination grows into a demand that will stain a royal feast with blood.

Oscar Wilde's one-act play moves through an atmosphere of moonlight, obsession and dangerous promises. The language is ceremonious and increasingly feverish, while Aubrey Beardsley's illustrations add their own sharpened vision of beauty and cruelty. His black-and-white drawings became almost inseparable from the play's reputation, making this edition a meeting of two unsettling imaginations.