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Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera

General Fiction

(france) Gaston Leroux

137K0

This book is a full-length novel. Eric, who was born with a deformity, was abandoned and could only wear a mask and hide under the opera house, but he had amazing musical talent. He fell in love with the innocent Christina and helped her get on the big stage, but she still had his heart set on something else. In the end, the ghost sacrificed himself to fulfill his beloved, and staged a bizarre, sad, and heartbreaking human "ghost" tragedy, which showed the steadfastness and greatness of love.

The Phantom of the Opera (selected Translations of Classics)

(france) Gaston Leroux

200K0

"The Phantom of the Opera" was written by Gaston Leroux (1838-1927), a famous French detective and suspense novelist. "The Phantom of the Opera" is his most popular work. Eric was born with a deformity and was abandoned by his parents and society. The kind-hearted Madame Giry hid him in the basement of the Paris Opera House. From then on, there was no peace in the opera house: items were stolen, employees died, the manager was blackmailed... Rumors about the Phantom of the Opera spread like wildfire. With his superhuman musical talent, Eric helped Christina become famous overnight and fell deeply in love with her at the same time. But Christina already had her heart set on something. As a result, Eric kidnapped her in public on the stage, thus performing a heart-wrenching human-ghost love tragedy...

The Secret of the Yellow Room

(france) Gaston Leroux

139K7.16

"The Secret of the Yellow Room" is the first full-length classic of locked-room murder in the history of mystery, and is known as "an inimitable and unsurpassable masterpiece of mystery novels." Masashi Henmou, the leading figure in Japanese mystery literature, called it "an eternal masterpiece" in "The Honjin Murders". The impossible crimes in the book are extremely imaginative and creative, creating a precedent for locked room crimes and having a profound impact on later works. It was also the inspiration for Agatha Christie's first novel.