The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

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The Phantom of the Opera

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Language: en

Published in: 1910

Subject(s): Novels - Crime/Mystery

Source: http://www.gutenberg.org

Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70.

The story of a man named Erik, an eccentric, physically deformed genius who terrorizes the Opera Garnier in Paris. He builds his home beneath it and takes the love of his life, a beautiful soprano, under his wing.

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HalfMoon40
HalfMoon40
on Jul 10, 2009 at 04:33

I almost hate to admit how much I love this book. Although unfortunately it's not available as an e-book (as far as I know) the recent translation by Leonard Wolf is MUCH better than this public-domain one. But worth reading the old one too, despite its occasional ridiculously dated expressions.



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