Retold for younger readers, Gaston Leroux's classic tale of horror follows a young opera singer, Christine Daae, who makes her triumphant debut at the Opera--and then disappearsWritten in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a spine chilling, dramatic story. What has happened to the vanished young op[...]

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', [...]

Christine is a beautiful young singer at the Paris Opera. She is watched by the Opera's 'phantom' - a mysterious masked figure who terrorises the Opera's management and players. With the Phantom's help, Christine rises to become the Opera's star performer, but when the Phantom demands her heart in r[...]

"The Phantom of the Opera" is Gaston Leroux's exquisite blend of Gothic horror and tragic romance, which formed the basis for a world-renowned stage musical. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated with notes by Mireille Ribiere, and an introduction by Jann Matlock. When the new managers of th[...]

Set in the Paris opera house in 1881, The Phantom of the Opera contrasts reality and fantasy, good and evil. A dark psychological tale of obsession and redemption in which the Phantom can be seen as anyone's superego -- Leroux's masterpiece has been too long in the shadows.[...]

Classic / American English There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?[...]