The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel. This item is unavailable.The Phantom of the Opera: The Original Novel

"The wildest and most fantastic of tales." - New York Times Book Review.

The novel from the early 20th century that inspired the Lon Chaney film and the hit musical. In the 1880s, in Paris, the Palais Garnier Opera House is believed haunted. One night, a young woman, Christine, is asked to sing in place of the Opera''s leading soprano, who is ill; Christine''s performance is a success, and she is recognized by the Vicomte Raoul, a childhood playmate and love. Raoul and the Phantom then battle for Christine''s heart, as the Phantom demands more and more from her.

Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney; and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.