Gaston Leroux (1868–1927)
Forfatter af The Phantom of the Opera
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Gaston Leroux is best known as the creator of the 1911 novel, The Phantom of the Opera, about a masked figure who haunts the hidden parts of the Paris Opera House. The novel appeared first in serial installments a year before publication, ultimately grew into several movie versions, and later vis mere became an Tony Award-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. Leroux was born in Paris in 1868. The only child of financially well-off parents, he moved easily into a clerk job in a law office. While working there, he wrote essays and short stories, many of which were accepted by publishers. This fired his enthusiasm, and he became a full-time reporter/writer in 1890. Law experience covering famous cases and theater reviews fueled his writing career, but it was his news reporter job that took him around the world at the turn of the century, providing details for his novels. Leroux wrote several mystery and fantasy novels, including the well-received The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907) and The Man Who Came Back from the Dead (1912). Leroux also helped pioneer the character of the amateur detective who solves crime, so commonly seen today in movies and television. Gaston Leroux continued to write until his death on April 16, 1927. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
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Lire et s'entraîner : Gaston Leroux : Le Fantôme de l'Opéra [book + sound recording] (2001) — Writer — 18 eksemplarer
The Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux illustrated 16 eksemplarer
Box O Fantasma da Ópera 9 eksemplarer
Oeuvres : Le Fantôme de l'opéra. La Reine du sabbat Les Ténébreuses La mansarde en or (1984) 8 eksemplarer
Les Chefs-d'oeuvre de Gaston leroux en 13 volumes: - Rouletabille volume 4 - Le château noir. (1970) 8 eksemplarer
Lire et s'entraîner : Gaston Leroux : Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 4 eksemplarer
The Collected Works of Gaston Leroux: The Complete Works PergamonMedia (Highlights of World Literature) (2015) 4 eksemplarer
50 Classic Gothic Works You Should Read 3 eksemplarer
Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera, Annotated and Illustrated (Oldstyle Tales' Gothic Novels) (Volume… (2017) 3 eksemplarer
Delphi Collected Works of Gaston Leroux (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Ten Book 26) (2020) 3 eksemplarer
The Phantom of the Opera 3 eksemplarer
La Bataille invisible - Aventures effroyables de M. Herbert de Renich - Tome II (French Edition) (2013) 2 eksemplarer
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [The Phantom of the Opera ] BY LeRoux, Gaston(Author)Paperback 12-Jan-1988 2 eksemplarer
The Phantom of the Opera - Le fantôme de l'Opéra 2 eksemplarer
The Masked Man 2 eksemplarer
Äraneetud aukoht : [romaan] 2 eksemplarer
THE ADVENTURES OF ROULETABILLE: FIRST TRILOGY. The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Perfume of the Lady in Black, The… (2015) 2 eksemplarer
Horror omnibus 2 eksemplarer
Reading & Training : Gaston Leroux : The phantom of the opera [book + sound recording] (2003) — Writer — 2 eksemplarer
Sangue sulla neva: romanzo 2 eksemplarer
Fantom opery 2 eksemplarer
Le château noir: Les aventures de Rouletabille 4 1 eksemplar
Phantom of the Opera 1 eksemplar
Rouletabille chez Krupp Annoté 1 eksemplar
Juodoji pilis 1 eksemplar
SECRETUL LUI TOTH 1 eksemplar
Rouletabille y los Bohemios 1 eksemplar
The Phantom of the Opera 1 eksemplar
El misterio del cuarto amarillo - Emma Zunz 1 eksemplar
The son of three fathers 1 eksemplar
The new terror 1 eksemplar
Rouletabille a la guerre 1 Le château noir 1 eksemplar
Horror Collection 1 eksemplar
Les Ténébreuses Tome 1 : La Fin d'un monde 1 eksemplar
Complete Novels and Novellas 1 eksemplar
Le Parfum de la Dame en Noire 1 eksemplar
Η στοιχειωμένη θέση 1 eksemplar
Phantom of the opera, secret of the night 1 eksemplar
Le Coeur Cambriolé 1 eksemplar
Romans fantastiques. Tome 1 : Le fantôme de l'opéra - L'homme qui revient de loin. Robert… 1 eksemplar
Missing Men - The Return of Cheri-Bibi 1 eksemplar
Le Secret de la boîte à thé 3/3 1 eksemplar
Le Roi Mystère 2/3 1 eksemplar
Le fantôme de l'Opéra 1/3 1 eksemplar
Ära neetud aukoht 1 eksemplar
Not' Olympe 1 eksemplar
Il mistero della camera gialla. Il profumo della dama in nero. Il fantasma dell'Opera (1907) 1 eksemplar
L'auberge épouvantable 1 eksemplar
The Phantom of the Opera - 4 Short Stories By Gaston Leroux (Fantasy and Horror Classics) (2011) 1 eksemplar
Il Figlio di due razze 1 eksemplar
Skrivnost rumene sobe 1 eksemplar
Rouletabille / Gaston Leroux 1 eksemplar
Nouveaux exploits de rouletabille r. chez le tsar le château noir — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
Rouletabille chez le tsar 1 eksemplar
La maison des juges — Forfatter — 1 eksemplar
L'Homme qui revient de loin Le fauteuil hanté 1 eksemplar
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THREE NOVEL COLLECTION: The Double Life; Balaoo; The Bride of the Sun (Timeless Wisdom Collection) (2017) 1 eksemplar
Rouletabille chez le Tsar Annoté 1 eksemplar
Upiór w operze 1 eksemplar
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A Dama de Negro 1 eksemplar
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THE ADVENTURES OF JOSEPH ROULETABILLE: The Mystery of the Yellow Room & The Secret of the Night: One of the First… (2017) 1 eksemplar
Gaston Leroux - Collected Works 1 eksemplar
1988 1 eksemplar
Le mystère de la chambre jaune Lecture - niveau 3 B1 (Découverte classique) (French Edition) (2019) 1 eksemplar
The Haunted Chair 1 eksemplar
Operaens Hemmelighed 1 eksemplar
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Mord på menuen : 12 historier om mad og mord fra verdenslitteraturen (1984) — Bidragyder — 194 eksemplarer
The Phantom of the Opera: The Original 1987 London Cast Recording (1988) — Original book — 131 eksemplarer
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall [2011 TV presentation] (2011) — Original book — 96 eksemplarer
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Greatest Detective Stories: 1837-1914 (2019) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
Murder on the Menu: Cordon Bleu Stories of Crime and Mystery, Volume 2 (1993) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
The Locked-Room Mysteries (The Four Just Men, The Mystery of the Yellow Room, The Hollow Man) (2017) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
The Ghouls Book One - The Stories Behind The Classic Horror Films (1974) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Weird Tales Volume 19 Number 2, February 1932 — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
Weird Tales Volume 14 Number 2, August 1929 — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Kanonisk navn
- Leroux, Gaston
- Juridisk navn
- Leroux, Gaston Louis Alfred
- Fødselsdato
- 1868-05-06
- Dødsdag
- 1927-04-15
- Begravelsessted
- Cimetiére du Château, Nice, France
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Frankrijk
- Fødested
- Paris, France
- Dødssted
- Nice, France
- Dødsårsag
- uremia
- Bopæl
- Paris, France
Nice, France - Uddannelse
- Faculté de droit de Paris (Licence, Droit, 18 89))
Lycée de Caen, Calvados (Baccalauréat, 18 86)
Collège d'Eu, Seine-Maritime (1880) - Erhverv
- journalist
theater critic
novelist
court reporter - Relationer
- Leblanc, Alfred Gaston (Fils)
- Organisationer
- Société des Cinéromans, Société de production cinématographique, Nice (Fondateur, 19 18)
La Matin, Journal (Chroniqueur judiciaire, 18 94 | 19 01, Grand reporter, 19 01
L'écho de Paris (Chroniqueur judiciare, 18 91| 18 94)
Barreau d'avocat, Paris (18 90 | 18 94) - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (1902)
- Kort biografi
- Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868[1] – 15 April 1927) was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.
In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. His 1907 novel The Mystery of the Yellow Room is one of the most celebrated locked-room mysteries
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Phantom of the Opera By Gaston Leroux Sep 2021 LTER i Reviews of Early Reviewers Books (september 2021)
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I read this book to practice my french. It is an abridged adaptation of the novel by Leroux, suitable for children and people that want to learn french.
Eh I don’t think I’d recommend it anytime soon. I wasn’t a big fan of the writing style it didn’t engage me in the way I wanted it to. Kind of drawn out, although I did like the conclusion. I could definitely imagine it as a better opera or play adaptation than it is a book alone, especially if they make it as engaging as I would hope (keeping the 5th box empty, etc), and going along with the story as if it was an opera, where the audience is more a part of the performance than mere spectators. The one redeeming factor that bumped it from 1 stars to 2 stars is the setting. Placing this story in an opera house in the late 1800s was really interesting. I enjoyed learning about the inner workings of an opera house and seeing how the author uses every aspect of the opera house management, architecture, and performances as important pieces of the story. I can tell a lot of thought went into weaving the opera house into the story and I was really impressed by it, it makes me want to go to an opera and get a tour of an opera house, especially it’s underground.… (mere)
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Radar12378 | 204 andre anmeldelser | Nov 30, 2023 | "If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me."
The story of 'The Phantom of the Opera' is well known thanks to popular culture with its movie and stage adaptations but Gaston Leroux's classic gothic novel is less well known.
The book is set in a Parisian opera house that is “haunted” by a mysterious and alluring ghost. The phantom falls in love with young soprano Christine Daaè and this is a story about romance, obsession and mystery.
Unlike the musical the novel is more about the relationship between Christine and her childhood friend Viscount Raoul de Chagny than with the phantom. The book goes into more depth about Christine’s childhood with her violinist father and the phantom’s backstory. As a child Christine had been told stories by her father about an 'Angel of Music' who he will send to her when he dies. When she first hears the voice of the phantom she initially thinks that he is the 'Angel' and befriends him but soon comes to realise that he has more ominous intentions.
This book was very detailed and at some points extremely complicated. The author paints himself as an investigative journalist using memoirs as his evidence making him an unreliable witness. There are some very detailed descriptions of the Opera house's architecture and there are some boring parts particularly in the middle, but most of the time the book kept me engaged. There are some heavy psychological elements but what I wasn't expecting was the quite comic segment concerning the two managers and the missing money. However, I felt that the book was somewhat let down by the ending which was just too neat IMHO but overall I feel that it deserves to be more widely read.
"Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night."… (mere)
The story of 'The Phantom of the Opera' is well known thanks to popular culture with its movie and stage adaptations but Gaston Leroux's classic gothic novel is less well known.
The book is set in a Parisian opera house that is “haunted” by a mysterious and alluring ghost. The phantom falls in love with young soprano Christine Daaè and this is a story about romance, obsession and mystery.
Unlike the musical the novel is more about the relationship between Christine and her childhood friend Viscount Raoul de Chagny than with the phantom. The book goes into more depth about Christine’s childhood with her violinist father and the phantom’s backstory. As a child Christine had been told stories by her father about an 'Angel of Music' who he will send to her when he dies. When she first hears the voice of the phantom she initially thinks that he is the 'Angel' and befriends him but soon comes to realise that he has more ominous intentions.
This book was very detailed and at some points extremely complicated. The author paints himself as an investigative journalist using memoirs as his evidence making him an unreliable witness. There are some very detailed descriptions of the Opera house's architecture and there are some boring parts particularly in the middle, but most of the time the book kept me engaged. There are some heavy psychological elements but what I wasn't expecting was the quite comic segment concerning the two managers and the missing money. However, I felt that the book was somewhat let down by the ending which was just too neat IMHO but overall I feel that it deserves to be more widely read.
"Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night."… (mere)
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I have no idea if this edition is a good translation, but I can tell you it is horribly formatted and is in serious need of a proofreader! This is a terrible edition and I don’t recommend it to anyone. The story, however, that I do recommend you read. It’s a slow starter, has some flow issues, but a classic worth reading at least once. Maybe another edition will flow better? So the edition is one star and the book three.
If you’re expecting anything like Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, you’re going to be disappointed. The essence is pretty much there, but the book is stranger and darker. Gaston Leroux leads us as the narrator through his investigations into the rumors of the famous Opera Ghost many years after the events occurred. He informs us of the evidence and interviews he conducted to show us the rumors are actually fact. I had the strangest sense of déjà vu through the entire last third of the book; but I can’t find anything telling me I’ve read this before, or even think of another story is resembles...
Anyhow... The Opera Ghost, aka the Phantom, aka Erik, has a dark past as well as serious mental issues in addition to his physical deformities and has the entire Opera doing his bidding without their knowledge. Christine is a very young woman who knows little of the world and is easily led. Raoul, for all his worldliness and travels, is a weak young man and rarely listens to his elders. The Persian is the strongest character in the book and the only one who knows what’s going on. Even though I was left with many questions and not enough closure, it is an intriguing read.… (mere)