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The Phantom of the Opera (novel)
1909 novel by Gaston Leroux / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the novel. For the musical and other uses, see The Phantom of the Opera (disambiguation).
The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by the French author Gaston Leroux. It was first serialised in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte.[1] The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century, and by an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischütz.[2] It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations, most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical.
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![]() One of the five watercolors by André Castaigne illustrating the first American edition of the Phantom of the Opera (1911). | |
Author | Gaston Leroux |
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Original title | Le Fantôme de l'Opéra |
Language | French |
Subject | |
Genre | Gothic fiction, Theatre-fiction |
Publisher | Pierre Laie |
Publication date | 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1911 |
Media type | Print (Serial) |
Pages | ~145 including the glossary |
Original text | Le Fantôme de l'Opéra at French Wikisource |
Translation | The Phantom of the Opera at Wikisource |
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