Books with title Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux's phenomenal novel, which inspired the hit Broadway musical, remains one of the most original suspense stories ever written.Erik, a brilliant but hideously disfigured musical genius, lives in the basement of Paris's National Academy of Music, where he haunts the opera crowd in his mask and fancy clothes. The Phantom falls in love with Christine Daaé, a beautiful soprano, and gives her music lessons by magically throwing his voice. But Erik is stunned to learn that Christine loves Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny, who disappears around the same time his brother, Count Phillippe, is found dead outside the Academy.A haunting tale of obsession, a touching story about internal beauty, and a top-notch detective drama, The Phantom of the Opera is a remarkable novel.

[Read by Ralph Cosham] Throughout the twentieth-century and beyond, this haunting tale has gripped audiences the world over -- on screen, on stage, and on paper. Blackstone's thrilling narration of this classic mystery was nominated for a 2006 Audie Award. A shadow of unease; a quickening pulse; an unnamed fear breathing on the collar of those who sit alone in their dressing rooms at the great Paris Opera. An unbearable compulsion to glance quickly over a shoulder in the dark corridors to the stage would sometimes reveal a figure in evening clothes moving softly in the shadows -- a figure no one could name. Nothing is done, however, until the disappearance of the young singer Christine Daaé during her triumphant performance. 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. Throughout the twentieth-century and beyond, this haunting tale has gripped audiences the world over -- on screen, on stage, and on paper. Blackstone's thrilling narration of this classic mystery was nominated for a 2006 Audie Award.

Gaston Leroux's classic horror tale of the Paris Opera house brings readers the story of the Phantom of the Opera. When the Christine Daae began at the Opera house, she had little talent. When the Phantom fell in love with her, he began to give her singing lessons that turned her into a star. The lessons had a price, however. Learn what the price was in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera.

The 19th century suspense - filled terrifying tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy. Constantly moving through an ever - pervading dark atmosphere of spine - tingling menace in its portrayal of Erik, the grotesque and elusive 'phantom', who conceals himself in the grim labyrinthine depths of the Paris Opera, while his obsessive love burns for the beautiful Christine. ''The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination... Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom...''