The Phantom of the Opera (novel)

The Phantom of the Opera
One of the five watercolors by André Castaigne illustrating the first American edition of the Phantom of the Opera (1911).
AuthorGaston Leroux
Original titleLe Fantôme de l'Opéra
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Subject
GenreGothic fiction, Theatre-fiction
PublisherPierre Laie
Publication date
23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910
Published in English
1911
Media typePrint (Serial)
Pages~145 including the glossary
Original text
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra at French Wikisource
TranslationThe Phantom of the Opera at Wikisource

The Phantom of the Opera (French: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra) is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial 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.

  1. ^ Shah, Raj (2016). "The Publication and Initial French Reception of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra". French Studies Bulletin. 37 (138): 13–16. doi:10.1093/frebul/ktw004.
  2. ^ Shah, Raj (2014). "No Ordinary Skeleton: Unmasking the Secret Source of Le Fantôme de l'Opéra". Forum for Modern Language Studies. 50 (1): 16–29 (17, 25n11). doi:10.1093/fmls/cqt048.

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