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Title	:	The Phantom of the Opera
Author	:	Gaston Leroux
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 360 pages
Published	:	December 30th 1987 by Harper Perennial (first published September 23rd 1909)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Humor. Comedy. Science Fiction Fantasy. Audiobook. Magic

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First published in French as a serial in 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.

Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.

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Original Title:	Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
ISBN:	0060809248 (ISBN13: 9780060809249)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Erik, Christine Daaé, Madame Giry, Raoul de Chagny, La Carlotta, "The Persian", Count Phillippe de Chagny
Setting:	Paris(France) Bretagne(France)

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"He is extraordinarily thin and his dress-coat hangs on a skeleton frame. His eyes are so deep that you can hardly see the fixed pupils. You just see two big black holes, as in a dead mans skull. His skin, which is stretched across his bones like a drumhead, is not white, but a nasty yellow. His nose is so little worth talking about that you cant see it side-face; and the absence of that nose is a horrible thing to look at. All the hair he has is three or four long dark locks on his forehead and

The Phantom of the Opera is set in the Paris Opera House rumored to house a phantom who is an object of speculation and fear for the people working in the establishment. The story begins on the night of the gala celebrating the retirement of the old opera directors who are going to hand over the Opera House to the two new directors.But the festivities are interrupted when the chief scene-shifter working in the Opera House, Joseph Buquet, is found hanged in the basement in a mysterious manner.

I'm ashamed to say that I had no idea what this novel was about but I loved it! And I was even more intrigued because it's seems to be fact, myth and fiction all mixed in together. This book is very readable and I was totally drawn in. I think perhaps this is now my favoriate classic!

"The phantom of the opera is here, inside my mind..."Every night the velvet seats of the Palais Garnier are packed with figures eagerly anticipating that evening's theatrical performance, and still one box is kept free. Every day brings fresh sightings of a mysterious figure who traverses the backstage hallways and strikes fear in the hearts of those who dare travel there alone.This mystery is the theatre ghost. He makes demands and expects to see them carried through. Those who test his

I'm really not sure what to say about this book. Was it suppose to be a scary story about a ghost because if it was, I didn't get it. Maybe it was suppose to be a romantic love story but if it was, I didn't get it. Overall, it was pretty tedious and in the end, for me, if wasn't a scary or romantic story.

DID NOT FINISH @ 73%What a melodramatic book this is. Lots of swooning, lots of proclamations of love, and lots of unnecessary details that do not add anything to the plot.'Tis where me and the ghost of the opera part ways for good. I will probably never know the original reasons as to why Erik - the ghost, the genius and the mad came to be what he is in the first place. I don't think I care much to find out either way.All the care in the world you can give me and it will still be not enough for

3.5 So difficult to rate. It caught my interest at first, bored me in the middle and re-conquered me with that beautiful, sad and nightmarish ending. The author begins and ends the novel as if it were a legend, something that maybe happened or not and gives a more realistic touch to the plot. Unfortunately his characters are not as good as his magnificent writing which saves the book. Es una pena, porque le tenía muchas expectativas a la novela. Pero esas casi 100 páginas a mitad del libro bajan