
Filled with the color and theatrical spectacle of the Paris Opera House in the nineteenth century, and the ageless fascination of love transformed into murderous obsession, this classic work of mystery and suspense remains a riveting journey into the dark regions of the human heart. The tale begins as an investigation into the strange stories of an 'opera ghost', legendary for making the performers at this great Paris art emporium apprehensive when they sit alone in their dressing rooms or walk alone in the building’s labyrinthine corridors. Some even think they’ve seen the ghost in evening clothes moving in the shadows. But it isn’t until the triumphant performance of sensual Christine Daaé - and her startling disappearance - that a sense of dread begins to pervade the dim backstage areas and subterranean passages of the glorious opera house.
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1868–1927
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born in Paris and worked there as an author and journalist (<a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux>Wikipedia</a>). His most famous work is <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera>The Phantom of the Opera</a> as it has been made into films and a musical.
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