The Phantom of the Opera

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  • First
  • published
  • in
  • French
  • as
  • a
  • serial
  • in
  • 1909,
  • "The
  • Phantom
  • of
  • the
  • Opera"
  • is
  • a
  • riveting
  • story
  • that
  • revolves
  • around
  • the
  • young,
  • Swedish
  • Christine
  • Daaé.
  • Her
  • father,
  • a
  • famous
  • musician,
  • dies,
  • and
  • she
  • is
  • raised
  • in
  • the
  • Paris
  • Opera
  • House
  • with
  • his
  • dying
  • promise
  • of
  • a
  • protective
  • angel
  • of
  • music
  • to
  • guide
  • her.
  • After
  • a
  • time
  • at
  • the
  • opera
  • house,
  • she
  • begins
  • hearing
  • a
  • voice,
  • who
  • eventually
  • teaches
  • her
  • how
  • to
  • sing
  • beautifully.
  • All
  • goes
  • well
  • until
  • Christine's
  • childhood
  • friend
  • Raoul
  • comes
  • to
  • visit
  • his
  • parents,
  • who
  • are
  • patrons
  • of
  • the
  • opera,
  • and
  • he
  • sees
  • Christine
  • when
  • she
  • begins
  • successfully
  • singing
  • on
  • the
  • stage.
  • The
  • voice,
  • who
  • is
  • the
  • deformed,
  • murderous
  • 'ghost'
  • of
  • the
  • opera
  • house
  • named
  • Erik,
  • however,
  • grows
  • violent
  • in
  • his
  • terrible
  • jealousy,
  • until
  • Christine
  • suddenly
  • disappears.
  • The
  • phantom
  • is
  • in
  • love,
  • but
  • it
  • can
  • only
  • spell
  • disaster.
  • Leroux's
  • work,
  • with
  • characters
  • ranging
  • from
  • the
  • spoiled
  • prima
  • donna
  • Carlotta
  • to
  • the
  • mysterious
  • Persian
  • from
  • Erik's
  • past,
  • has
  • been
  • immortalized
  • by
  • memorable
  • adaptations.
  • Despite
  • this,
  • it
  • remains
  • a
  • remarkable
  • piece
  • of
  • Gothic
  • horror
  • literature
  • in
  • and
  • of
  • itself,
  • deeper
  • and
  • darker
  • than
  • any
  • version
  • that follows.
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