Gothic
The Phantom of the Opera
Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain textA disfigured composer haunts the cellars beneath an opera house and falls obsessively for a young singer he has coached in secret. Leroux built a genuine mystery under the gothic romance, complete with a very literal trapdoor or two. The mask, notably, covers considerably less of the tragedy than readers usually assume.
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- Reading time
- About 5 hr 40 min
- Where to find it
- On the Gothic shelves
- Edition
- Project Gutenberg, eBook #175. In the public domain in the United States.