The Phantom of the Opera-Fast Shipping

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Gaston Leroux is one of the originators of the detective story, and The Phantom ofthe 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 hasthrilled and entertained audiences in adaptations throughout the century.

This newtranslation—the first completely modern and Americanized translation—unfurls thefull impact of this classic thriller for modern readers. It offers a more completerendering of the terrifying figure who emerges from the depths of the glorious ParisOpera House to take us into the darkest regions of the human heart. After the breathtakingperformance of the lovely Christine Daae and her sudden disappearance, the old legendof the “opera ghost” becomes a horrifying reality as the ghost strikes out with increasingfrequency and violence—always with the young singer at the center of his powerfulobsession. Leroux has created a masterwork of love and murder—and a tragic figurewho awakens our deepest and most forbidden fears.

This is the only complete, unabridgedmodern Americanized translation available. Lowell Bair is the acclaimed translatorof such Bantam Classics as Madame Bovary, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and Candide.