Phantom
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- Synopsis
- This is the story of Erik, the child born disfigured, destined, to become the Phantom of the Opera. It is the story of a quest for the simplest of heart's desires: to be loved. It is a Story of power and darkness, of magic and Murder, of sensuality, betrayal, and, ultimately, the eternal quality of love. While the story of the Phantom of the Opera told in the original novel by Gaston Leroux in 1911 has inspired various films and the record-breaking Broadway musical, this is the first novel to explore the entire life of the man behind the legend- and the mask. Who was the Phantom and what was his life before the Opera? What made this brilliant, enigmatic, and dangerous man hide from the world, far below the Paris Opera House? Born in 1831 with a horrific facial disfigurement, Erik is forced to live in a lonely attic, cut off from his beautiful mother, whose only gift to him is a mask. He runs away and finds himself a freak in a Gypsy carnival sideshow, a stonemason's 'apprentice in Rome, a sinister magician at the court of the shah in Persia, and finally, the mysterious genius behind the construction of the Paris Opera House. A man capable of great evil and Of great good, at once cruel and erotically dark, there is a complex and vividly brought to life force.
- Copyright:
- 1991
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 464 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780385302968
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Date of Addition:
- 11/21/08
- Copyrighted By:
- Susan Kay
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Shelley L. Rhodes
- Proofread By:
- NW
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.