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A phantom has haunted the Paris Opera House for years. Now he is infatuated with singer Christine Daaé. Despite an astonishing debut performance, Christine fails to win the lead in Faust, and the Phantom’s cursed retaliation on the opera house is spectacularly fatal. As the chandelier falls, he kidnaps Christine, and through hidden passages and behind trapdoors, shares his life story with her. To secure her escape, Christine promises to stay true to him forever. But when the Phantom learns of the prima donna’s intention to flee, his passion turns terrifying.

Gaston Leroux is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera. However, he also wrote some excellent detective stories. In fact,Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. In this, his most popular mystery, rival detectives try to crack a case.

This 19th century French thriller tells of the mysterious Erik, grotesque and elusive "phantom," who hides himself from the world in the labyrinthine bowels of the Paris Opera and entices with his angelic voice the beautiful opera singer Christine. Her abduction prompts a dramatic search not only for her, but also for the truth about her strange captor.

The lights dim at the Paris Opera House. The exquisite Christine Daae enraptures the audience with her mellifluous voice. Immediately, Raoul de Chagny falls deeply in love. But the legend of the disfigured opera ghost haunts the performance, and as Raoul begins his pursuit of Christine, he is pulled into the depths of the opera house, and into the depths of human emotions.

The surviving Nihilists have condemned the Russian General Trebassof to death for the crimes he and his troops committed against the revolution. Three attempts on his life have failed, but the Czar is determined to keep him alive.

UN RÉGAL DE TRUCULENCE ET DE PÉRIPÉTIES. Chéri-Bibi est un forçat en rupture de ban, tendre et violent, implacable et doux, victime d'un coup du sort et de la "fatalitas". Ce chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature populaire se distingue par son humour grinçant et macabre. Il a été l'objet de nombreuses adaptations, dont la dernière en date, avec Jean Rochefort dans le rôle de La Ficelle, a connu un grand succès.

UN RÉGAL DE TRUCULENCE ET DE PÉRIPÉTIES. Chéri-Bibi est un forçat en rupture de ban, tendre et violent, implacable et doux, victime d'un coup du sort et de la "fatalitas". Ce chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature populaire se distingue par son humour grinçant et macabre. Il a été l'objet de nombreuses adaptations, dont la dernière en date, avec Jean Rochefort dans le rôle de La Ficelle, a connu un grand succès.

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.

In the hollow of a terrible storm, four hunters meet a melancholy madman who offers them shelter. But has this man really lost his mind, or is he laboring under the burden of a terrible curse?

Tief unten in den Katakomben der Pariser Oper haust das »Phantom der Oper«, eine düstere Gestalt mit entstelltem Antlitz. Niemand bekommt das Phantom je zu Gesicht, auch nicht, wenn es in der Loge Nr. 5 den Klängen der Musik lauscht. Doch als es seiner Loge beraubt wird und seine Angebetete, die Chorsängerin Christine, ihre Verlobung mit dem Grafen Raoul bekannt gibt, verfällt das Phantom endgültig dem Wahnsinn und bringt alle in tödliche Gefahr.

Tief unten in den Katakomben der Pariser Oper lebt das »Phantom der Oper«, eine düstere Gestalt mit entstelltem Antlitz und scheinbar übersinnlichen Kräften. Niemand hat es je zu Gesicht bekommen, und dennoch dirigiert es auf geheimnisvolle Weise das Bühnengeschehen. Vor allem die junge Sängerin Christine Daée gerät immer mehr unter den Einfluss des sagenumwobenen Wesens. Als ihr Geliebter versucht, seine Angebetete aus den Händen des Phantoms zu retten, beginnen sich die Ereignisse zu überschlagen.

The long-ago mysteries of the great opera house in Paris have never been explained. Why did so many terrible tragedies happen there? Why did everyone flee from it in fear? This gripping story about the “opera ghost” and the beautiful singer he loves launched one of the most popular musicals in Broadway history - and it serves up enough thrills, chills, and surprises to keep even the most reluctant listener fascinated.

This riveting installment of Gaston Lerouxs thrilling saga plunges us into the world of Chéri-Bibi, a brilliant criminal mastermind. As we join him, he finds himself in the grim confines of a penal colony somewhere in the French Empires darkest corners. Here, he forms an unlikely bond with a noble prisoner known as the Nut. Their lives are perpetually disrupted by the malicious Parisian, the Burglar, the Joker, and the Caid. Furthermore, they must constantly navigate around the Chief and his jailers, including Pernambouc the Executioner and his aide, Monsieur Desiré. As they confront ...

Discover the thrilling world of Gaston Leroux, the brilliant mind behind The Phantom of the Opera. Dive into his popular mystery series featuring Joseph Rouletabille, an intuitive young journalist turned detective. Rouletabille, much like Sherlock Holmes, relies on his razor-sharp deductive reasoning to crack cases. In The Secret of the Night, he finds himself entangled in a complex mystery involving the Czar and Nihilists, set against the backdrop of Russias rich and complex history. With a cast of characters bearing distinctively Russian names, this novel is a compelling mix of mystery, ...

Dive into the intriguing world of Gaston Leroux, famed author of The Phantom of the Opera, as he spins a captivating tale of the original locked room mystery. In this chilling crime novel, an attempted murder occurs with no clear escape route for the perpetrator. Brace yourself for a chilling journey that will leave your spine tingling... (Summary by Stuart Bell)

UN RÉGAL DE TRUCULENCE ET DE PÉRIPÉTIES. Chéri-Bibi est un forçat en rupture de ban, tendre et violent, implacable et doux, victime d'un coup du sort et de la "fatalitas". Ce chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature populaire se distingue par son humour grinçant et macabre. Il a été l'objet de nombreuses adaptations, dont la dernière en date, avec Jean Rochefort dans le rôle de La Ficelle, a connu un grand succès.

UN RÉGAL DE TRUCULENCE ET DE PÉRIPÉTIES. Le vieux marquis de Touchais a été assassiné. Les circonstances désignent un jeune garçon boucher du nom de Chéri-Bibi, qui est condamné à tort pour ce crime. Mais Chéri-Bibi réussit, avec l'aide d'autres forçats, à devenir maître du navire qui les conduit au bagne de Cayenne. Pour retrouver sa liberté, pour retrouver Cecily dont il est amoureux et qui a épousé le fils du vieux marquis du Touchais, il est prêt à changer d'identité. Et il va le faire de la manière la plus incroyable et la plus terrible.

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.

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...

Erik, sang hantu Opera, meneror Opera Paris dengan ancaman pemerasan selama bertahun-tahun. Sosok jenius yang tersiksa dalam keburukrupaannya ini jatuh cinta pada Christine, penyanyi opera yang cantik dan bersuara emas. Kehadiran Raoul, sang viscount yang tampan, membuat Erik sadar bahwa Christine takkan pernah membalas cintanya dan membuat cinta Erik berubah menjadi obsesi yang mematikan.