The phantom of the Opera / Gaston Leroux; introduction by Anne Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927.

Contributor:

J. P. Wickersham Crawford Collection.

Standardized Title:

Fantôme de l'Opéra. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Phantom of the Opera (Fictitious character)--Fiction.

Phantom of the Opera.

Phantom of the Opera (Fictitious character).

Composers--Fiction.

Composers.

Opera--Fiction.

Opera.

Paris (France)--Fiction.

Paris (France).

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xvi, 286 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

Modern Library paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Modern Library, 2002.

Summary:

In 1910, the mystery novelist Gaston Leroux, working from scraps of history, theatrical lore, and his own fertile imagination, created a masterpiece in "Le fantome de l'opera," the story of a disfigured composer who lives in the labyrinthine depths of the Paris Opera. After the breathtaking debut of Christine Daae, the whispers of an Opera ghost seem to become reality as the young singer vanishes. As the Phantom strikes again and again, targeting foes from a jealous diva to a romantic rival, Leroux spins a thriller of obsession and violence with, at its center, a tormented murderer who awakens our deepest fears and sympathies. The inspiration for Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical, Leroux's novel is still more riveting than anything Broadway could produce.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. P. Wickersham Crawford Collection.

ISBN:

0375761136 :

OCLC:

49531322