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Title: The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel by Gaston Leroux ISBN: 0-06-080924-8 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 12 January, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.61 (125 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Wonderful Masquerade
Comment: The character developement in this book is absolutely excellent.
I would recommend it to anyone who wanted a good thriller, an interesting love story, or who wanted to know more about the characters in the musical.
Rating: 4
Summary: Well written and underappreciated
Comment: Hearing so much about the movie and play, I decided to read the Gaston Leroux's novel. Leroux's story is a scattering of many different types fit together in a novel: it has romance, horror, suspense, mystery and is (loosely) historically based on events which took place at Paris' Majestic Opera House. The book is historically based on a tragic and mysterious death of an opera singer at Paris' Majestic Opera House. Leroux did some research in preparing to write this novel, and some tidbits of background into this event are in the book's introduction.
The novel's story has three central characters-Christine Daae, the beautiful opera singer, the Vicomte de Chagny (Raoul), who is in love with Christine from her childhood, and lastly, the Phantom (Erik), who is horribly disfigured and obsessed with music and Christine.
Reminiscent of a murder mystery, the novel's story is centered on the mystery of an Opera ghost that has caused havoc in one of the popular Paris Opera houses. After several murders, the Opera Ghost has ordered demands from the co-managers of the Opera House in the form of a letter, which many take to be a joke. However, after several more bizarre incidents, including an incident in which the chandelier falls on a guest during a show, many of those involved in the business of the house begin to suspect that something must be behind this. Eventually Erik, the Opera Ghost, becomes obsessed with Christine and imprisons her in many ways.
Leroux's writing is refreshing. It reminded me a bit of a work written in the tradition of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, yet there is a definite supernatural elements included to give it a dark, mysterious feel as well. Leroux is able to lay out the story, make the characters well rounded and believable, and then intertwine all the unusual events in a neat conclusion. This is a well written and, for the most part, overlooked work. Fortunately, eventually someone decided to make a movie about this book in the 1920s, and since that time, the book has been give at least a little of the recognition that it deserves.
Recommended also: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Rating: 4
Summary: A real horror story at last!
Comment: The story had an undoubtedly spine-tingling effect on me as no classic horror had ever had. For one thing, the story is fast-paced, loaded with facsinating mysteries that provokes the reader to wonder about his or her theory of this undoubtedly complete masterpiece. The beautifully woven language smoothes out the plot and the constant change of emotions just stops the reader from breathing, but makes them exhale and inhale instead. The reader is at times filled with grief and horror at the ugliness of Erik, and yet could not help but admire his ways of living, and pity his life. Such achievement is not to be missed. Some would be apalled by Christine and her cute fiance's misunderstanding, and others, having read more romance novels, will claim that there is something more to such true love. It is such characteristics that creat our mixed feelings combined that makes this story exciting and thrilling from beginning to end--where love leaves its mark by different ways throughout different parts of the story. And it is such true love, no different, and each no weaker than the other competing for the same woman at the same time that makes love more dangerous than a demon, and more interesting for the reader. Yet the story, in a way, does not end like other such Gothic romances, in a way, the story's ending is both happy and sad. Erik had got the only kiss of his life even though he died. Even though Christine did not love him as she did Raoul, she was the most compassionate person toward him. And Raoul, through many difficulties, finally discovered his true love. It is such happy yet sad endings that satisfies the human heart after a thrilling and adventurous horror experience. Like an adventurous person resting while satisfying his fans. Thus, to conclude, Gaston Leroux's "Phantom of the Opera" was a satisfying and hair--raising piece of horror that did its job--in an admirably clever way.
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Title: The Complete Phantom of the Opera by George Perry ISBN: 0805017224 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title:The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast) ASIN: B00004YTY2 Publisher: Decca U.S. Pub. Date: 06 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $37.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $30.49 |
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Title: The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation, Andrew Lloyd Webber ISBN: 0881886157 Publisher: Hal Leonard Pub. Date: 01 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title:The Phantom of the Opera (TV Miniseries) ASIN: 630560939X Publisher: Image Entertainment Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $13.49 |
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Title:The Phantom of the Opera - The Ultimate Edition (1925 Original Version and 1929 Restored Version) ASIN: B0000AKY58 Publisher: Image Entertainment Pub. Date: 09 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $22.49 |
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