Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act by Oscar Wilde

Renowned Oscar Wilde’s present book ‘Salomé: A Tragedy in One Act’ is a tragic play, which 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 on a silver platter as a reward for dancing the dance of the seven veils.