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Title: The Phantom of the Opera
Author: Gaston Leroux
Narrator: Philippe Duquenoy
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-14-17
Publisher: A.R.N. Publications
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 12 votes
Genres: Classics, European Literature

Publisher's Summary:
Something strange is afoot at the Paris Opera House. When staff and performers spot a skeleton dressed in dinner attire, tales of the opera house ghost begin to surface.
The new manager dismisses the stories as overactive imaginations, but chaos ensues, and encounters with the phantom become increasingly frightening. Who is the mysterious phantom that haunts the theater after the crowds have left for the night? How can he enter locked rooms and get from place to place so quickly? What is his connection to the beautiful and talented Christine?
Gaston Leroux injects the perfect combination of gothic tension and horror in his classic tale of the dark and foreboding. First published in 1909 in serial format, The Phantom of the Opera quickly became one of the most beloved gothic tales of the Victorian era, earning its place as one of the greatest stories of all time.

Members Reviews:
Absolutely, thrilling...
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux is quite a tale. Dark, intense, and dramatic. Every page builds the momentum. Suspenseful and cleverly written. The Phantom Ghost is not a ghost at all. But a mere mortal. Yet he brings upon fear and darkness at the Opera. Love, jealous, and murder. This was an interesting piece of literature. I was in love. It had everything I expected and more. Gaston Leroux was a great writer. His words lured me deeper into his fictional world, The Phantom of the Opera. Music, death, and drama at the center. Absolutely, fascinating to read. I recommend this book to readers worldwide.
I bought this copy from my local bookstore.

A classic that never gets old
This is one of those stories that is such a classic that it gets periodic remakes in every medium. It's been retold in books (Susan Kay), masterfully parodied (Terry Pratchett), turned into a movie, a musical, you name it.
Despite his inhuman visage, Erik's tortured tale of love and suffering speaks to us all.
This is also one of the oldest books I know of to employ the "I am a researcher presenting my notes and interviews about events that really happened" plot device, and it carries that off well too, particularly as it helps to preserve some of the mystery surrounding Erik.

He was guilty of not a few horrors
I really struggled with this book in a lot of ways. The hero and heroine are both such ninnies that I really couldn't root for either of them. Christine is meant to be angelic, but the way she leads on the phantom seems quite contemptible. She does it to save her life, of course, but it still seems heartless and cruel (which reaction, I suppose, proves that Erik, the phantom, is the most sympathetic character in the story). Raoul, often described as a lad or boy or child, was hard to like also. His mercurial shifts from belief in Christine's innocence to accusing her of every possible betrayal were exhausting to read. And I have a hard time with a hero who, within the same scene, bursts into a "mad laugh" only to follow it by bursting into tears. Not that he's the only one who bursts into laughter or tears at every turn. All the characters did it. I was really hoping someone would just react by nodding occasionally, but alas, every scene involved extremes of some sort.
The structure of the book was not something I enjoyed either. The conceit--that the narrator is reconstructing these events from diaries, reports, journals, etc.--made for a very uneven reading experience.