Leroux has created a masterwork of love and murder - and a tragic figure who awakens our deepest and most forbidden fears.
After the breathtaking performance of the lovely Christine Daae and her sudden disappearance, the old legend of the 'opera ghost' becomes a horrifying reality as the ghost strikes out with increasing frequency and violence - always with the young singer at the center of his powerful obsession. Its main character, Erik, is a romantic figure whose appeal reaches. It was adapted to several popular motion pictures and into one of the most successful stage musicals of all time.
It offers a more complete rendering of the terrifying figure who emerges from the depths of the glorious Paris Opera House to take us into the darkest regions of the human heart. Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, first published in 1910, remained a perennial favorite throughout the twentieth century and into the early 2000s. This new translation - the first completely modern and Americanized translation - unfurls the full impact of this classic thriller for modern readers. A superb suspense story and a dark tale of obsession, The Phantom of the Opera has thrilled and entertained audiences in adaptations throughout the century. Gaston Leroux is one of the originators of the detective story, and The Phantom of the Opera is his tour de force, as well as being the basis for the hit Broadway musical.
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