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    Salomé by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
    Salomé by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Salomé’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Wilde includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    * The complete unabridged text of ‘Salomé’
    * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Wilde’s works
    * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook
    * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781786561572
    Salomé by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)
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    Oscar Wilde

    Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born on the 16th October 1854 and died on the 30th November 1900. He was an Irish playwright, poet, and author of numerous short stories and one novel. Known for his biting wit, he became one of the most successful playwrights of the late Victorian era in London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. Several of his plays continue to be widely performed, especially The Importance of Being Earnest.

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      Salomé by Oscar Wilde (Illustrated) - Oscar Wilde

      The Complete Works of

      OSCAR WILDE

      VOLUME 5 OF 41

      Salomé

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2013

      Version 6

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Salomé’

      Oscar Wilde: Parts Edition (in 41 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78656 157 2

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: sales@delphiclassics.com

      www.delphiclassics.com

      Oscar Wilde: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 5 of the Delphi Classics edition of Oscar Wilde in 41 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Salomé from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Oscar Wilde, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Oscar Wilde or the Complete Works of Oscar Wilde in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      OSCAR WILDE

      IN 41 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Plays

      1, Vera

      2, The Duchess of Padua

      3, Lady Windermere’s Fan

      4, A Woman of No Importance

      5, Salomé

      6, An Ideal Husband

      7, The Importance of Being Earnest

      8, La Sainte Courtisane

      9, A Florentine Tragedy

      The Poetry

      10, The Complete Poems

      The Novel

      11, The Picture of Dorian Gray - the Original 13 Chapter Version

      12, The Picture of Dorian Gray - the Revised 20 Chapter Version

      The Short Stories

      13, The Portrait of Mr. W. H.

      14, The Happy Prince and Other Tales

      15, A House of Pomegranates

      16, Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories

      The Non-Fiction

      17, The Decay of Lying

      18, Pen, Pencil and Poison - a Study in Green

      19, The Critic as Artist

      20, The Truth of Masks

      21, The Rise of Historical Criticism

      22, The English Renaissance of Art

      23, House Decoration

      24, Art and the Handicraftsman

      25, Lecture to Art Students

      26, London Models

      27, Poems in Prose

      28, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

      29, Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young

      30, A Few Maxims for the Instruction of the Over-Educated

      31, De Profundis

      32, Oscar Wilde’s Letter to Robert Browning

      33, Personal Impressions of America

      34, The Decorative Arts

      35, The House Beautiful

      36, The Truth of Masks

      The Journalism

      37, The Articles and Reviews

      Apocrypha

      38, Teleny

      The Biographies

      39, Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions by Frank Harris

      40, Memories of Oscar Wilde by G. Bernard Shaw

      41, Oscar Wilde: an Idler’s Impression by Edgar Saltus

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      Salomé

      This tragedy was first written by Wilde in 1891 in French and three years later an English translation was published by Lord Alfred Douglas, Wilde’s lover. Both versions are available in this collection.  The play tells in one act the Biblical story of Salomé, stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas, who, to her stepfather’s dismay, requests the head of John the Baptist on a silver platter as a reward for her dancing.

      In 1892 rehearsals began for the play’s debut, for inclusion in Sarah Bernhardt’s London season, though preparations were halted when the Lord Chamberlain’s licensor of plays banned Salomé on the basis that it was illegal to depict Biblical characters on the stage. The play was first published in French in February 1893, and the English translation, with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, followed in February the following year. Wilde and Douglas had quarrelled over the translation of the text which Wilde felt was very poor due to Douglas’ poor understanding of French, though his lover claimed that the errors were really in Wilde’s original text. Beardsley and the publisher John Lane were also drawn into the argument, though they sided with Wilde. In a gesture of reconciliation, Wilde did the work himself, but dedicated Douglas as the translator rather than having them sharing their names on the title-page.

      The play was eventually premiered on 11 February 1896, while Wilde was in prison, in Paris at the Comédie-Parisienne in a staging by Aurélien Lugné-Poë’s theatre group, the Théâtre de l’Œuvre.

      Wilde’s interest in Salomé’s image had been stimulated by descriptions of Gustave Moreau’s paintings in Joris-Karl Huysmans’s ‘À rebours’.

      A first edition illustration

      CONTENTS

      PERSONNES

      SCÈNE

      SALOMÉ (English Version)

      Oscar Wilde and Douglas in 1893

      Maud Allan as Salomé with the head of John the Baptist in an early adaptation the play

      PERSONNES

      HÉRODE ANTIPAS, Tétrarque de Judée

      IOKANAAN, le prophète

      LE JEUNE SYRIEN, capitaine de la garde

      TIGELLIN, un jeune Romain

      UN CAPPADOCIEN

      UN NUBIEN

      PREMIER SOLDAT

      SECOND SOLDAT

      LE PAGE D’HÉRODIAS

      DES JUIFS, DES NAZARÉENS, etc.

      UN ESCLAVE

      NAAMAN, le bourreau

      HÉRODIAS, femme du Tétrarque

      SALOMÉ, fille d’Hérodias

      LES ESCLAVES DE SALOMÉ

      SCÈNE

      [Une grande terrasse dans le palais d’Hérode donnant sur la salle de festin.  Des soldats sont accoudés sur le balcon.  A droite il y a un énorme escalier.  A gauche, au fond, une ancienne citerne entourée d’un mur de bronze vert.  Clair de lune.]

      LE JEUNE SYRIEN.  Comme la princesse Salomé est belle ce soir!

      LE PAGE D’HÉRODIAS.  Regardez la lune.  La lune a l’air très étrange.  On dirait une femme qui sort d’un tombeau.  Elle ressemble à une femme morte.  On dirait qu’elle cherche des morts.

      LE JEUNE SYRIEN.  Elle a l’air très étrange.  Elle ressemble à une petite princesse qui porte un voile jaune, et a des pieds d’argent.  Elle ressemble à une princesse qui a des pieds comme des petites colombes blanches. . . On dirait qu’elle danse.

      LE PAGE D’HÉRODIAS.  Elle est comme une femme morte.  Elle va très lentement.  [Bruit dans la salle de festin.]

      PREMIER SOLDAT.  Quel vacarme!  Qui sont ces bêtes fauves qui hurlent?

      SECOND SOLDAT.  Les Juifs.  Ils sont toujours ainsi.  C’est sur leur religion qu’ils discutent.

      PREMIER SOLDAT.  Pourquoi discutent-ils sur leur religion?

      SECOND SOLDAT.  Je ne sais pas.  Ils le font toujours . . . Ainsi les Pharisiens affirment qu’il y a des anges, et les Sadducéens disent que les anges n’existent pas.

      PREMIER SOLDAT.  Je trouve que c’est ridicule de discuter sur de telles choses.

      LE JEUNE SYRIEN.  Comme la princesse Salomé est belle ce soir!

      LE PAGE D’HÉRODIAS.  Vous la regardez toujours.  Vous la regardez trop.  Il ne faut pas regarder les gens de cette façon . . . Il peut arriver un malheur.

      LE JEUNE SYRIEN.  Elle est très belle ce soir.

      PREMIER SOLDAT.  Le tétrarque a l’air sombre.

      SECOND SOLDAT.  Oui, il a l’air sombre.

      PREMIER SOLDAT.  Il regarde quelque chose.

      SECOND SOLDAT.  Il regarde quelqu’un.

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