The strongest element is the narrator's voice (thought to be Leroux's own voice) unveiling a quest to find evidence of a French opera house ghost. When she denies the Phantom and his love for her, he seeks terrifying and murderous revenge.

Christine becomes torn between her dedication to her 'Angel of Music' and her childhood crush, Viscount Raoul de Chagny.

He is drawn to the beauty in her voice and convinces her that he is her 'Angel of Music,' whom her deceased father had spoken of. Erik Claudin, the phantom musician, is obsessed with aspiring opera singer Christine Daaé. In 1911, he published Le Fantôme de l’Opéra.Īn omniscient narrator tells the story of a disfigured man who lives under the Paris Opera House, or Palais Garnier, at the turn of the century. The book was called The Mystery of the Yellow Room. In 1907, he used his admiration for authors Edgar Allan Poe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle develop the character of a young detective, who solves an impossible crime committed in a locked room. After traveling around the world for quite some time, Leroux returned to Paris to settle down and become a novelist. However, Leroux landed a job on the daily newspaper, L’Echo de Paris, in 1890 and was thrilled when asked to combine his knowledge of law and love of the theater as a court reporter and drama critic.

When Leroux inherited his father's fortune, he immediately squandered it through gambling, which put a dent in his legal education.

He studied to become a lawyer at first but had more interest in theatrical arts. Born in a French novel, put into two silent films and a popular Broadway musical, the Phantom has made an impact on the horror world.įrench author Gaston Leroux wrote Le Fantôme de l’Opéra. The Phantom of the Opera is considered to be one of the oldest classic movie monsters - and one of the creepiest.

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