The phantom of the opera /

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Author / Creator:Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927.
Imprint:London : HarperCollins Publishers, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
Language:English
Series:Online access: Proquest Info & Learning Co Literature Online: LION.
Subject:Phantom of the Opera -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Phantom of the Opera -- (Fictitious character)
Composers -- Fiction.
Opera -- Fiction.
FICTION -- Classics.
Composers.
Opera.
Paris (France) -- Fiction.
France -- Paris.
Electronic books.
Fiction.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12475350
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ISBN:9780007477432
0007477430
Summary:HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Look! You want to see! See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik's face! Now you know the face of the voice!' Living secretly beneath the Paris Opera House, 'The Phantom of the Opera', Erik has haunted those who work there with his demands and shrouded the opera house in fear with the legend of his disfigured face. When Christine joins the company, a young woman with a beautiful voice, Erik is instantly smitten and secretly teaches her to become a great singer. He soon develops an obsessive love for his beautiful protEgE, even though she has fallen for her childhood friend, resulting in her disappearance during a performance and sparking a tragic and terrifying chain of events. One of the most well-known and well-loved gothic horror stories, Leroux's suspenseful tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy is both dark and moving in its portrayal of Erik, the anti-hero in his yearning for Christine.
Publisher's no.:EB00609929 Recorded Books
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

'Look! You want to see! See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik's face! Now you know the face of the voice!'

Living secretly beneath the Paris Opera House, 'The Phantom of the Opera', Erik has haunted those who work there with his demands and shrouded the opera house in fear with the legend of his disfigured face. When Christine joins the company, a young woman with a beautiful voice, Erik is instantly smitten and secretly teaches her to become a great singer. He soon develops an obsessive love for his beautiful protégé, even though she has fallen for her childhood friend, resulting in her disappearance during a performance and sparking a tragic and terrifying chain of events.

One of the most well-known and well-loved gothic horror stories, Leroux's suspenseful tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy is both dark and moving in its portrayal of Erik, the anti-hero in his yearning for Christine.

Physical Description:1 online resource (320 pages)
ISBN:9780007477432
0007477430