THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Gothic Classic): Mystery Novel Based upon True Events at the Paris Opera

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e-artnow, May 29, 2017 - Fiction - 217 pages
The Phantom of the Opera is a story inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century. Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers' retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her sing and recalls his love for Christine. At this time, there are rumours of a phantom living at the Opera and he makes himself known to the managers through letters and malevolent acts. Sometime after the gala, the Paris Opera performs Faust, with the prima donna Carlotta playing the lead, against the Phantom's wishes. During the performance, Carlotta loses her voice and the grand chandelier plummets into the audience... Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name.
 

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Table of Contents
Prologue Chapter I Is it a Ghost? Chapter II The New Margarita
The Mysterious Reason
Box Five
The Enchanted Violin
A Visit to Box Five
Faust and What Followed
The Mysterious Brougham
Christine Christine
Mme Girys Revelations
The SafetyPin Again
The Commissary the Viscount and the Persian
The Viscount and the Persian
In The Cellars of the Opera
Interesting Vicissitudes
In the Torture Chamber

At the Masked Ball
Forget the Name of the Mans Voice
Above the TrapDoors
Apollos Lyre
A MasterStroke of the TrapDoor Lover
The Singular Attitude of a SafetyPin
The Tortures Begin
Barrels Barrels
Which
The End of the Ghosts Love Story
Epilogue
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