This curated edition of The Phantom of the Opera, based on the original 1911 English translation by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, brings an iconic story of love and obsession to today's readers and illuminates the timeless appeal of Leroux's masterpiece.

But unknown to Christine is another man, who lurks out of sight behind the heavy curtains of the opera, who can move about the building undetected, who will do anything to make sure Christine will keep singing just for him… Les Misrables is the longest-running musical, on the go since 1985, closely followed by The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1986 both are mere. Singers, dancers, and stagehands have all seen. There is a ghost in the Paris Opera House.

But when her voice fails her, La Carlotta is replaced with unknown understudy Christine Daaé, a young soprano whose vibrant singing fills every corner of the house and wins her a slew of admirers, including an old childhood friend who soon professes his love for her. The classic Gothic novel that inspired the blockbuster musical. An unabridged edition of the novel that inspired the famous Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.ĭeep beneath the Paris Opera House, a masked man lives in silence…Įvery night at the Palais Garnier, hundreds of guests sit on the edge of velvet-covered seats, waiting for prima donna La Carlotta to take the stage. Initially, the story sold very poorly upon publication in book form and was even out of print several times during the twentieth century it is overshadowed by the success of its various film and stage. In 1918 he formed a film company called the Société des Cinéromans. Born in Paris, Leroux initially worked as a critic and court reporter for the newspapers LÉcho de Paris and Le Matin. It was first published as a serialisation in Le Gaulois 1909. Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French writer best known for his novel The Phantom of the Opera. ' One of the most famous ghost stories that no one has actually read' ( New York Times), The Phantom of the Opera is the first in the Haunted Library Horror Classics series presented by the Horror Writers Association. The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux.

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