The Phantom of the Opera By Gaston LerouxIn which the author of tis singular work informs the reader how he acquired the certainty that the opera ghost really existed The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom; that is to say, of a spectral shade. |
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Angel of Music arms astrakhan ballet began Box Five Carlotta Christine Daae Christine's commissary Count Philippe cried Daae's dark daroga dear death death's head Debienne and Poligny disappeared Don Juan Triumphant door dressing-room envelope Erik Erik's eyes face Firmin Richard foyer Gabriel Gaston Leroux gave girl Giry hand happened hear heard Jammes Joseph Buquet knew Lachenel Lahore lake laugh listened little Meg looked Louis-Philippe mademoiselle Mamma Valerius managers mask Mazenderan Meg Giry Mercier Mifroid mirror monster mysterious never night once opened Opera ghost passage Perros Perros-Guirec Persian poor Punjab lasso Remy replied safety-pin sang scene seemed seen silence singing Sorelli stage staircase suddenly tell terrible thing third cellar thought told took torture-chamber trap-door turned twenty-thousand francs Vicomte de Chagny viscount voice waiting wall word young