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Gaston Leroux

Born

in Paris, France

May 06, 1868

Died

April 15, 1927

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Influences

Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Stendhal ...more

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.

In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay.

Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. His most important journalism came when he began working as an ...more

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	The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 280,367 ratings — published 1910 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Joseph Rouletabille #1) 3.65 avg rating — 14,259 ratings — published 1907 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le parfum de la dame en noir 3.51 avg rating — 1,583 ratings — published 1908 — 314 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Fauteuil hanté 3.46 avg rating — 456 ratings — published 1909	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of the Night 3.44 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 1912 — 276 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Muppets Meet the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Owen Richardson (Illustrations) 3.81 avg rating — 208 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La muñeca sangrienta (La muñeca sangrienta #1) 3.37 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1923 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il Fantasma dell'Opera by Gaston Leroux, Maurizio Grasso (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 169 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Racconti Terrificanti 3.95 avg rating — 113 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El fantasma de la ópera 4.08 avg rating — 108 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Joseph Rouletabille (8 books)
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“If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

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“All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

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“Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

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November 2015 Revisit the Shelf. Reread Poll

1949, 1984 by George Orwell, 328 pages

31 votes, 20.9%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages

22 votes, 14.9%

1962, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, 212 pages

21 votes, 14.2%

1898, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. 120 pages

13 votes, 8.8%

1929, The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner, 326 pages

12 votes, 8.1%

1869, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 449 pages

11 votes, 7.4%

1844, The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, 786 pages

11 votes, 7.4%

1883, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, 311 pages

10 votes, 6.8%

1909, The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 360 pages

10 votes, 6.8%

1869, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1392 pages

7 votes, 4.7%

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