The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux's 1910 gothic romance tells the tragic tale of Erik, the disfigured musical genius who haunts the Paris Opera House from the labyrinthine cellars beneath. When he becomes obsessed with the young soprano Christine Daaé, his twisted love sets in motion a chain of terror and tragedy. Far darker and more complex than its famous musical adaptation, Leroux's original novel is a meditation on beauty, obsession, and the monster that society creates when it rejects those who are different. A Raven's Gate Classics edition.