The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

Courier Corporation, 22 апр. 2004 г. - Всего страниц: 206

This thrilling novel and its many adaptations have captured the imaginations of countless audiences throughout the 20th century. The mystery classic featuring the "ghost" of the famed Paris landmark tells a gripping tale of human desire, fear, and violence before it resolves itself in a shocking and tragic confrontation.

Отзывы

Review: The Phantom of the Opera

Пользовательский отзыв  - Amehhh - Goodreads

Absolutely nothing like any of the movies (except for Lon Chaney, of course), and I love that about this book. It's so intriguing and disgusting at the same time. The differences between the book and ...

Review: The Phantom of the Opera

Пользовательский отзыв  - Kiwi - Goodreads

The story itself, and the musical that was based off of the book, were fantastic. However, the actual written work, including all the letters it contained between Christine and Raoul, was enough to turn me off of ever finishing the book once I started it.

Содержание

• CHAPTER PAGE Prologue: 1
• Is It the Ghost?: 5
• The New Margarita: 13
• The Mysterious Reason: 20
• Box Five: 26
• The Enchanted Violin: 36
• A Visit to Box Five: 48
• Faust and What Followed: 51
• The Mysterious Brougham: 62
• At the Masked Ball: 68
• Forget the Name of the Mans Voice: 76
• Above the TrapDoors: 80
• Apollos Lyre: 86
• A MasterStroke of the TrapDoor Lover: 100
• The Singular Attitude of a SafetyPin: 109
• Christinel Christine: 114
• Mme Girys Astounding Revelations: 118
• The SafetyPin Again: 127
• The Commissary the Viscount and the Persian: 132
• The Viscount and the Persian: 137
• In the Cellars of the Opera: 142
• Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes: 154
• In the Torture Chamber: 164
• The Tortures Begin: 170
• Barrels Barrels: 175
• The Scorpion or the Grasshopper Which?: 183
• The End of the Ghosts Love Story: 189
• Epilogue: 196
• The Paris Opera House: 203

Об авторе

Gaston Leroux is best known as the creator of the 1911 novel, The Phantom of the Opera, about a masked figure who haunts the hidden parts of the Paris Opera House. The novel appeared first in serial installments a year before publication, ultimately grew into several movie versions, and later became an Tony Award-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Leroux was born in Paris in 1868. The only child of financially well-off parents, he moved easily into a clerk job in a law office. While working there, he wrote essays and short stories, many of which were accepted by publishers. This fired his enthusiasm, and he became a full-time reporter/writer in 1890. Law experience covering famous cases and theater reviews fueled his writing career, but it was his news reporter job that took him around the world at the turn of the century, providing details for his novels. Leroux wrote several mystery and fantasy novels, including the well-received The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907) and The Man Who Came Back from the Dead (1912). Leroux also helped pioneer the character of the amateur detective who solves crime, so commonly seen today in movies and television. Gaston Leroux continued to write until his death on April 16, 1927.

Библиографические данные

• Название: The Phantom of the Opera; Dover thrift editions
• Авторы: Gaston Leroux, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
• Издание: перепечатанное
• Издатель: Courier Corporation, 2004
• ISBN: 0486434583, 9780486434582
• Количество страниц: Всего страниц: 206