The Phantom of the OperaThe lights dim at the Paris Opera House. The exquisite Christine Daae enraptures the audience with her mellifluous voice. Immediately, Raoul de Chagny falls deeply in love. But the legend of the disfigured "opera ghost" haunts the performance, and as Raoul begins his pursuit of Christine, he is pulled into the depths of the opera house, and into the depths of human emotions. Soon Raoul discovers that the ghost is real and that he wields a terrifying power over Christine--a power as unimaginable as the ghost's masked face. As Raoul and the ghost vie for Christine's love, a journey begins into the dark recesses of the human heart, where desire, vulnerability, fear, and violence unravel in a tragic confrontation. |
Contents
Foreword In Which the Author of This | 1 |
The New Marguerite | 16 |
In Which for the First Time Debienne | 28 |
Box Five | 37 |
Continuation of Box Five | 46 |
The Enchanted Violin | 55 |
A Visit to Box Five | 77 |
At the Masked Ball | 108 |
Christine Christine | 192 |
Astonishing Revelations by Madame Giry Concerning Her Personal Relations with the Opera Ghost | 196 |
Continuation of The Singular Behavior of a Safety Pin | 210 |
The Policeman the Viscount and the Persian 22233 | 217 |
The Viscount and the Persian | 224 |
In the Cellars of the Opera | 233 |
Interesting and Instructive Tribulations of a Persian in the Cellars of the Opera | 250 |
In the Torture Chamber | 268 |
You Must Forget the Name | 121 |
Above the Trapdoors | 128 |
Apollos Lyre | 138 |
A Masterstroke by the Lover | 169 |
The Singular Behavior of a Safety Pin | 185 |
The Tortures Begin | 276 |
Barrels Barrels Any Barrels to Sell? | 284 |
The Scorpion or the Grasshopper? | 295 |
End of the Ghosts Love Story | 307 |
Epilogue | 320 |