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Il romanzo, che ha ispirato numerose opere cinematografiche e il famoso musical di Broadway. Il fantasma dell'Opera è uno dei romanzi più noti dello...

Un vero rompicapo poliziesco: un delitto commesso in una stanza ermeticamente chiusa. Leroux cita espressamente i suoi colleghi autori che hanno proposto rompicapi simili: Edgar Allan Poe e Arthur Conan Doyle. Il personaggio in grado di risolvere il mistero è profondamente diverso da Sherlock Holmes: è un giovane reporter di appena diciott'anni soprannominato Rouletabille, che, a fine romanzo, l'autore promette di far diventare il protagonista di altri suoi romanzi. Ma il romanzo è davvero ben congegnato e nessun dettaglio rimane privo di spiegazione.

This 19th century French thriller tells of the mysterious Erik, grotesque and elusive "phantom," who hides himself from the world in the labyrinthine bowels of the Paris Opera and entices with his angelic voice the beautiful opera singer Christine. Her abduction prompts a dramatic search not only for her, but also for the truth about her strange captor.

A malicious spectre haunts the Parisian Opera house. This murderous fiend speaks through walls, abducts innocents through mirrors, and holds the opera management in a cruel state of hostage. But when this monster falls for the beautiful Christine Daae, his powers of attractive enticement and malevolent mayhem all come to the surface. Who can put an end to this reign of terror? Discover the wonders of Gaston Leroux's gothic thriller in a way that will tantalize the senses.

Eric possessed many truly brilliant and extraordinary abilities including musical genuis. Being outcast from society for his ugliness, Eric was forced to wander from one country to another. When in France, he worked at fairs demonstrating tricks and ventriloquism. Later he became a bricklayer and was engaged in building the Paris Opera House. Upon completion of the construction, Eric decided to hide from the world in the cellars of the Opera and turned this great building into his own empire.

The Mystery of the Yellow Room is Gaston Leroux's masterpiece, and it turned out to be his most successful book during his lifetime. It is one of the classics of early twentieth century detective fiction.

One of a series of exciting adventure stories featuring Leroux's criminal mastermind Chéri-Bibi. When the story starts the "astonishing bandit", Chéri-Bibi, is languishing in a penal colony, somewhere in the darkest regions of the French empire. In the colony he has befriended a more noble type of prisoner, Raoul de Saint-Dalmas, known colloquially as the Nut. The dastardly forces of the Parisian, the Burglar, the Joker and the Caid get their enjoyment from interfering in our heroes' lives.

Un fantasma enmascarado recorre las galerías secretas de la lujosa Ópera Garnier de París aterrorizando a los empleados. ¿Qué horror se oculta tras la máscara? ¿Un malvado ser de ultratumba? ¿O solo un hombre obsesionado con vengarse de quienes lo rechazaron por su aspecto repulsivo? Sea cual sea la respuesta, nadie está a salvo del fantasma.

Marco Todisco legge Il mistero della camera gialla di Gaston Leroux, un audiolibro della collana Anche i giovani leggono i classici, con cui Audiolibri Salani propone grandi classici della letteratura internazionale interpretati da celebri volti giovani in una chiave moderna e coinvolgente. Un classico che Agatha Christie definì “un capolavoro” del genere giallo costruito intorno a un omicidio commesso all’interno di una camera chiusa ermeticamente.

UN RÉGAL DE TRUCULENCE ET DE PÉRIPÉTIES. Chéri-Bibi est un forçat en rupture de ban, tendre et violent, implacable et doux, victime d'un coup du sort et de la "fatalitas". Ce chef-d'oeuvre de la littérature populaire se distingue par son humour grinçant et macabre. Il a été l'objet de nombreuses adaptations, dont la dernière en date, avec Jean Rochefort dans le rôle de La Ficelle, a connu un grand succès.

UN RÉGAL DE TRUCULENCE ET DE PÉRIPÉTIES. Le vieux marquis de Touchais a été assassiné. Les circonstances désignent un jeune garçon boucher du nom de Chéri-Bibi, qui est condamné à tort pour ce crime. Mais Chéri-Bibi réussit, avec l'aide d'autres forçats, à devenir maître du navire qui les conduit au bagne de Cayenne. Pour retrouver sa liberté, pour retrouver Cecily dont il est amoureux et qui a épousé le fils du vieux marquis du Touchais, il est prêt à changer d'identité. Et il va le faire de la manière la plus incroyable et la plus terrible.

Die Gruselkabinett Hörspiel Box 1 beinhaltet die Geschichten: "Carmilla, der Vampir" von J.S. LeFanu, "Das Amulett der Mumie" von Bram Stoker, "Die Familie des Vampirs" von A.K. Tolstoi und "Das Phantom der Oper" von Gaston Leroux.

In der Pariser Oper treibt ein Phantom sein Unwesen. Niemand kennt sein Gesicht, das stets hinter einer Maske verborgen bleibt. Die neuen Direktoren erkennen schnell, dass es sehr gefährlich ist, sich den Wünschen des Phantoms zu widersetzen. Als die vom Phantom protegierte Sängerin Christine Daaé ihrer Jugendliebe Raoul de Chagny wiederbegegnet, bahnt sich eine Katastrophe an. In den Katakomben unter der Oper kommt es zur Demaskierung ...

A baffling series of incidents at the majestic Paris Opera sparks frightening rumors about a mysterious opera ghost. Performers are ill-at-ease when they sit alone in their dressing rooms, alleging to have seen the enigma in evening clothes moving about in the shadows. Then a young and beautiful prima donna is visited by a masked "Angel of Music" who teaches her to sing and jealously demands her devotion—but with a price. With an increasing pattern of fear and violence, the phantom of the opera begins to strike, but always with a beautiful young performer at the center of his deadly desires.

Brought to you by Penguin. 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...

First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage.

In the hollow of a terrible storm, four hunters meet a melancholy madman who offers them shelter. But has this man really lost his mind, or is he laboring under the burden of a terrible curse?

In a Paris Opera House, Chorus singer Christine Daaé develops a relationship with a disfigured Phantom, who she believes to be the Angel of Music, promised to her by her late father. The Phantom tutors Christine, but the relationship breaks down when the Phantom discovers Christine's love for her childhood sweetheart Raoul. Who will win Christine's heart and with what consequence?

Tief unten in den Katakomben der Pariser Oper lebt das »Phantom der Oper«, eine düstere Gestalt mit entstelltem Antlitz und scheinbar übersinnlichen Kräften. Niemand hat es je zu Gesicht bekommen, und dennoch dirigiert es auf geheimnisvolle Weise das Bühnengeschehen. Vor allem die junge Sängerin Christine Daée gerät immer mehr unter den Einfluss des sagenumwobenen Wesens. Als ihr Geliebter versucht, seine Angebetete aus den Händen des Phantoms zu retten, beginnen sich die Ereignisse zu überschlagen.

Christine is a young singer in the chorus at the Paris Opera. She hears an unseen voice that sings and speaks to her, which she believes is an angel. The voice agrees with this and offers to teach her more about music. The voice, however, belongs to a disfigured genius, Erik, who lives in the basement of the Opera house.