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El Fantasma de la Ópera
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Gaston Leroux
1,200 books1,102 followersGaston 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 international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin. In 1905 he was present at and covered the Russian Revolution. Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house. The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco-Prussian war.
He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. Leroux died in Nice on April 15, 1927, of a urinary tract infection.
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 international correspondent for the Paris newspaper Le Matin. In 1905 he was present at and covered the Russian Revolution. Another case he was present at involved the investigation and deep coverage of an opera house in Paris, later to become a ballet house. The basement consisted of a cell that held prisoners in the Paris Commune, which were the rulers of Paris through much of the Franco-Prussian war.
He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. Leroux died in Nice on April 15, 1927, of a urinary tract infection.
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March 1, 2026
Comencé el libro con una imagen del fantasma que no tenía nada que ver con la realidad del personaje, y aun así la historia consiguió atraparme por completo. Me fascinó cómo Leroux logra que empatices con Erik, un hombre con una moral muy cuestionable, y aun así te haga amarlo.
Las únicas cosas que me resultaron menos encantadoras fueron la forma en que está escrito: aunque es una novela, en muchos momentos parece un reportaje, lo que hace que las emociones de los personajes se sientan algo superficiales; sabes lo que sienten, pero no lo que realmente piensan.
Además, Christine, aunque es el personaje central y quien sufre la mayor parte de la historia, a veces se siente más como un personaje secundario, y me hubiera gustado conocer más de sus pensamientos y opiniones.
Aun así, es una historia que me ha cautivado, con un Erik intenso y fascinante y una atmósfera oscura que te envuelve por completo.
Las únicas cosas que me resultaron menos encantadoras fueron la forma en que está escrito: aunque es una novela, en muchos momentos parece un reportaje, lo que hace que las emociones de los personajes se sientan algo superficiales; sabes lo que sienten, pero no lo que realmente piensan.
Además, Christine, aunque es el personaje central y quien sufre la mayor parte de la historia, a veces se siente más como un personaje secundario, y me hubiera gustado conocer más de sus pensamientos y opiniones.
Aun así, es una historia que me ha cautivado, con un Erik intenso y fascinante y una atmósfera oscura que te envuelve por completo.
October 22, 2025
Was a bullshit that opera director's, until the end of the book, they haven't believe the story of opera's phantom.
Whatever, this book was, in times, very hard to read, but I really love this story, but I can say that the end was the most beautiful thing i read.
You only want to be a normal guy, not, Erik?
Whatever, this book was, in times, very hard to read, but I really love this story, but I can say that the end was the most beautiful thing i read.
You only want to be a normal guy, not, Erik?
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December 13, 2025
Una buena base para empezar lo que después de convirtió en el musical del fantasma de la ópera. El libro de repente me pareció enredado y tedioso, con detalles y personajes sin importancia que, más que sumar a la historia, aburrían.
Sin embargo, la historia del fantasma es la historia del fantasma.
Sin embargo, la historia del fantasma es la historia del fantasma.
February 21, 2026
Las películas y edits si tienen bien romantizada la relación entre Christine y Erik porque Christine le tenía más lástima que ganas JAJAJAJA
March 1, 2026
"Ya que una mujer hermosa tiene siempre el derecho de amar al más horrible de los monstruos" 🚬
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