Risultati per "Gaston Leroux" in Letteratura mondiale

Raymond, el joven ingeniero francés llega a Lima donde su prometida Maria Teresa domina el comercio del guano de la región y se encuentra con lo que al principio no parecía más una cierta hostilidad por parte de los indios y que después se va convirtiendo en algo totalmente distinto, inimaginable, porque?

Un fantasma enmascarado recorre las galerías secretas de la lujosa Ópera Garnier de París aterrorizando a los empleados. ¿Qué horror se oculta tras la máscara? ¿Un malvado ser de ultratumba? ¿O solo un hombre obsesionado con vengarse de quienes lo rechazaron por su aspecto repulsivo? Sea cual sea la respuesta, nadie está a salvo del fantasma.

A baffling series of incidents at the majestic Paris Opera sparks frightening rumors about a mysterious opera ghost. Performers are ill-at-ease when they sit alone in their dressing rooms, alleging to have seen the enigma in evening clothes moving about in the shadows. Then a young and beautiful prima donna is visited by a masked "Angel of Music" who teaches her to sing and jealously demands her devotion—but with a price. With an increasing pattern of fear and violence, the phantom of the opera begins to strike, but always with a beautiful young performer at the center of his deadly desires.

Full-cast radio adaptations of two classic mysteries by the writer of The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux was one of the pioneers of the detective story, alongside Arthur Conan Doyle and Edgar Allen Poe. Best known for The Phantom of the Opera, he also wrote a series of crime novels featuring...

Brought to you by Penguin. The Phantom of the Opera is Gaston Leroux's exquisite blend of Gothic horror and tragic romance, which formed the basis for a world-renowned stage musical. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Mireille Ribiere, and an introduction by Jann Matlock...