Books Details
Author : Gaston Leroux Pages : pages Publisher : Language : ISBN-10 :
1587261243 ISBN-13 : 9781587261244
Books Descriptions
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 Daa?.
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
