The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux, Lowell Bair

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French

Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
01 May 1998

Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Gaston Leroux is one of the originators of the detective story, and The Phantom of

the Opera is his tour de force, as well as being the basis for the hit Broadway musical.

A superb suspense story and a dark tale of obsession, The Phantom of the Opera has

thrilled and entertained audiences in adaptations throughout the century.

This new

translation-the first completely modern and Americanized translation-unfurls the

full impact of this classic thriller for modern readers. It offers a more complete

rendering of the terrifying figure who emerges from the depths of the glorious Paris

Opera House to take us into the darkest regions of the human heart. After the breathtaking

performance of the lovely Christine Daae and her sudden disappearance, 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 center of his powerful

obsession. Leroux has created a masterwork of love and murder-and a tragic figure

who awakens our deepest and most forbidden fears.

This is the only complete, unabridged

modern Americanized translation available. Lowell Bair is the acclaimed translator

of such Bantam Classics as Madame Bovary, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Candide.

By: Gaston Leroux
Translated by: Lowell Bair
Imprint: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 174mm, Width: 105mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 170g
ISBN: 9780553213768
ISBN 10: 0553213768
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 May 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gaston Leroux, French journalist and writer of suspense fiction, was born in Paris in 1868. His experiences as a crime reporter and war correspondent for a French newspaper gave him the background to create his popular novels. He was one of the originators of the detective story, and his young fictional detective, Joseph Rouletabile, was the forerunner of many reporter-detective characters in modern fiction. Two of Leroux's best-known mysteries are The Perfume of the Lady in Black and The Mystery of the Yellow Room, which is considered one of the finest ""locked room"" mysteries ever written. A second series of suspense adventures featured an old rascal named Cheri-Bibi. But Leroux's most enduring work is, of course, The Phantom of the Opera, which was first published in 1910. Leroux died in Nice, France, in 1927.