The Phantom of the Opera
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Publisher Description
"The Phantom of the Opera has thrilled and entertained audiences in adaptations throughout the century."
"Leroux has created a masterwork of love and murder."
First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a enchanting story about young Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House under the eyes of a protective angel of music to guide her. After some time, she begins hearing a voice, who teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Raoul comes to visit the opera house and becomes infatuated with Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. 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 centre of his powerful obsession. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The inaugural release in the Horror Writers Association Haunted Library of Horror Classics series will be a revelation to those familiar only with the musical based on the 1910 novel by LeRoux (1868 1927). The tale of a Paris opera house inhabited by a spectral figure with seemingly magical abilities remains genuinely creepy today. Much of the book's power stems from the author's presentation of his narrative as the factual product of his own diligent archival research and interviews with survivors of the phenomenon. This understated treatment means that even his spoiler-laden prologue heightens rather than lessens suspense. A turnover in the management of the opera house coincides with sightings of the so-called Opera ghost and the grim discovery of the hanged corpse of Joseph Buquet, the company's chief scene-shifter. These events are followed by an unexpectedly triumphant performance by Christine Dae , who previously had an undistinguished singing career, which proves to be linked to the phantom. Fans of literate horror, whatever their opinion of Andrew Lloyd Weber, will be gratified.
