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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


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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Average rating: 3.94 · 310,640 ratings · 18,685 reviews · 1,206 distinct works • Similar authors
The Phantom of the Opera
3.96 avg rating — 284,083 ratings — published 1910 — 2533 editions
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The Mystery of the Yellow R...
3.65 avg rating — 14,514 ratings — published 1907 — 11 editions
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Le parfum de la dame en noir
3.51 avg rating — 1,603 ratings — published 1908 — 314 editions
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Le Fauteuil hanté
3.45 avg rating — 463 ratings — published 1909 — 147 editions
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The Secret of the Night
3.43 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 1912 — 3 editions
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La muñeca sangrienta (La mu...
3.36 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1923 — 115 editions
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Il Fantasma dell'Opera
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El fantasma de la ópera
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Series by Gaston Leroux

The Mystery of the Yellow Room Le parfum de la dame en noir The Secret of the Night Le château noir Les étranges noces de Roule... Die Hölle an der Ruhr: Roul... Le crime de Rouletabille
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Le Capitaine Hyx - Aventure... La Bataille invisible - Ave...
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Les Ténébreuses - Tome I - ... Les Ténébreuses - Tome II -...
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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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August 2015 Revisit the Shelf Classic Poll

1932, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, 232 pages
 
  23 votes, 17.7%

1954, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, 182 pages
 
  22 votes, 16.9%

 
  18 votes, 13.8%

 
  15 votes, 11.5%

1965, Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages
 
  13 votes, 10.0%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages
 
  10 votes, 7.7%

 
  8 votes, 6.2%

 
  6 votes, 4.6%

 
  6 votes, 4.6%

1951, The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk, 560 pages
 
  3 votes, 2.3%

 
  3 votes, 2.3%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages
 
  3 votes, 2.3%

130 total votes
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