Phantom of the Opera, The - Softcover

Leroux, Gaston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060809248 ISBN 13: 9780060809249

Publisher: Harper Perennial, 2023

Synopsis

The novel that inspired the Lon Chaney film and the hit musical. "The wildest and most fantastic of tales .""--New York Times Book Review."

About this title

Review:

"A Gothic novel of romance, honour and tragedy with a creepy, obsessive underbelly."
"-- Daily Telegraph

""A venerable, much-adapted story of grand, delicate feelings and gothic creepiness."
"-- New York Times

""Mixes horror and romance in equal measure."
"-- Guardian
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""A venerable, much-adapted story of grand, delicate feelings and gothic creepiness." --"New York Times

From the Publisher:

Christopher Lee is one of the world's most iconic horror and fantasy actors - coming to prominence with the 1957 film `The Curse of Frankenstein' in which he played Frankenstein's monster. This began a long association with the film studio Hammer - with whom he made a further eleven films including the Transylvanian bloodsucker himself in the 1958 `Dracula', Kharis in `The Mummy' (1959), Sir Henry Baskerville in `The Hound of the Baskervilles' (1959) and Rasputin in `Rasputin, the Mad Monk' (1966). He also starred in two Denis Wheatley films `The Devil Rides Out (1967) and `To the Devil a Daughter' (1976).

Most recently, he has starred in `The Colour of Magic' (2008) `The Golden Compass' (2007), `Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith' (2005) & `Star Wars: Attack of the Clones' (2002) and as Saruman in the recent `The Lord of the Rings' trilogy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication date: 2023
• ISBN 10: 0060809248
• ISBN 13: 9780060809249
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 370