The Phantom of the Opera
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(307 ratings)368 pages86 editions1987Barnes & Noble ClassicsISBN 9780060809249
About this book
First published in the year 1909, celebrated French writer Gaston Leroux's fictional work 'The Phantom of the Opera' is a gothic novel. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz.
Publication Details
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Classics
- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN
- 9780060809249
- Language
- en
- Editions
- 86
About Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born in Paris and worked there as an author and journalist (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux>Wikipedia</a>). His most famous work is <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera>The Phantom of the Opera</a> as it has been made into films and a musical.
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