Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux, French journalist and writer of suspense fiction, was born in Paris in 1868. His experiences as a crime reporter and war correspondent for a French newspaper gave him the background to create his popular novels. He was one of the originators of the detective story, and his young fictional detective, Joseph Rouletabile, was the forerunner of many reporter-detective characters in modern fiction. Two of Leroux’s best-known mysteries are The Perfume of the Lady in Black and The Mystery of the Yellow Room, which is considered one of the finest “locked room” mysteries ever written. A second series of suspense...
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Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Vintage Classics | Fiction
978-0-09-956055-5 (0-09-956055-0)
November 5, 2012 | $14.95
The classic Gothic horror novel of haunted cellars, opera, murder and unrequited love that inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical.
Christine is a beautiful young singer at the Paris Opera. She is watched by the Opera's 'phantom' -- a mysterious masked figure who terrorises the Opera's management and players. With the Phantom's help...
eBook | 320 pages | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-307-43248-3 (0-307-43248-3)
December 18, 2007 | $8.99
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In 1910, the mystery novelist Gaston Leroux, working from scraps of history, theatrical lore, and his own fertile imagination, created a masterpiece in Le fantôme de l’opéra, the story of a disfigured composer who lives in the labyrinthine depths of the Paris Opera. After the breathtaking debut of Christine Daaé, the...
Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Modern Library | Fiction - Classics
978-0-375-76113-3 (0-375-76113-6)
December 10, 2002 | $11.00
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In 1910, the mystery novelist Gaston Leroux, working from scraps of history, theatrical lore, and his own fertile imagination, created a masterpiece in Le fantôme de l’opéra, the story of a disfigured composer who lives in the labyrinthine depths of the Paris Opera. After the breathtaking debut of Christine Daaé, the...
Paperback | 352 pages | Bantam Classics | Fiction - Classics
978-0-553-21376-8 (0-553-21376-8)
January 1, 1990 | $5.95
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Gaston Leroux is one of the originators of the detective story, and The Phantom of the Opera is his tour de force, as well as being the basis for the hit Broadway musical. A superb suspense story and a dark tale of obsession, The Phantom of the Opera has thrilled and...
Trade Paperback | 96 pages | Random House Books for Young Readers | Juvenile Fiction - Horror & Ghost Stories
978-0-394-83847-2 (0-394-83847-5)
August 26, 1989 | $5.99
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Erik has the voice of an angel, but the face of a monster. When he takes off his mask, people scream and run away. So he hides himself away in the darkness below an opera house. There, he falls in love with a beautiful singer. But will she be able to...
