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The Phantom of the Opera

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The Phantom of the Opera

1910 Completed
by Gaston Leroux
Horror

Beneath the Paris Opera House, a disfigured musical genius known as the Phantom exerts a terrifying hold over the young singer Christine. His love, obsession, and cruelty fuel a Gothic romance of music and madness.

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Estimated total: 6 hr 16 min Time left: 6 hr 16 min
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Chapters 31
Words 84,525
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Beneath the Paris Opera House, a disfigured musical genius known as the Phantom exerts a terrifying hold over the young singer Christine. His love, obsession, and cruelty fuel a Gothic romance of music and madness.

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31 Chapters
84,525 Words
2,727 Avg words / chapter
Jan 1 Updated

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1 PROLOGUE January 1, 1910 1 min read Unread 0 ›
2 EPILOGUE January 1, 1910 1 min read Unread 0 ›
3 Prologue — IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OF THIS SINGULAR WORK INFORMS THE READER HOW HE ACQUIRED THE CERTAINTY THAT THE OPERA GHOST REALLY EXISTED January 1, 1910 8 min read Unread 0 ›
4 Chapter I Is it the Ghost? January 1, 1910 14 min read Unread 0 ›
5 Chapter II The New Margarita January 1, 1910 14 min read Unread 0 ›
6 Chapter III The Mysterious Reason January 1, 1910 12 min read Unread 0 ›
7 Chapter IV Box Five January 1, 1910 18 min read Unread 0 ›
8 Chapter V The Enchanted Violin January 1, 1910 25 min read Unread 0 ›
9 Chapter VI A Visit to Box Five January 1, 1910 4 min read Unread 0 ›
10 Chapter VII Faust and What Followed January 1, 1910 18 min read Unread 0 ›
11 Chapter VIII The Mysterious Brougham January 1, 1910 12 min read Unread 0 ›
12 Chapter IX At the Masked Ball January 1, 1910 15 min read Unread 0 ›
13 Chapter X Forget the Name of the Man’s Voice January 1, 1910 8 min read Unread 0 ›
14 Chapter XI Above the Trap-Doors January 1, 1910 11 min read Unread 0 ›
15 Chapter XII Apollo’s Lyre January 1, 1910 32 min read Unread 0 ›
16 Chapter XIII A Master-Stroke of the Trap-Door Lover January 1, 1910 15 min read Unread 0 ›
17 Chapter XIV The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin January 1, 1910 9 min read Unread 0 ›
18 Chapter XV Christine! Christine! January 1, 1910 6 min read Unread 0 ›
19 Chapter XVI Mme. Giry’s Astounding Revelations as to Her Personal — Relations with the Opera Ghost January 1, 1910 16 min read Unread 0 ›
20 Chapter XVII The Safety-Pin Again January 1, 1910 9 min read Unread 0 ›
21 Chapter XVIII The Commissary, The Viscount and the Persian January 1, 1910 8 min read Unread 0 ›
22 Chapter XIX The Viscount and the Persian January 1, 1910 9 min read Unread 0 ›
23 Chapter XX In the Cellars of the Opera January 1, 1910 23 min read Unread 0 ›
24 Chapter XXI Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes of a Persian in January 1, 1910 21 min read Unread 0 ›
25 THE PERSIAN’S NARRATIVE CONTINUED January 1, 1910 10 min read Unread 0 ›
26 Chapter XXIII The Tortures Begin — THE PERSIAN’S NARRATIVE CONTINUED. January 1, 1910 9 min read Unread 0 ›
27 THE PERSIAN’S NARRATIVE CONTINUED January 1, 1910 16 min read Unread 0 ›
28 Chapter XXV The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which? — THE PERSIAN’S NARRATIVE CONCLUDED January 1, 1910 11 min read Unread 0 ›
29 Chapter XXVI The End of the Ghost’s Love Story January 1, 1910 14 min read Unread 0 ›
30 Epilogue. January 1, 1910 15 min read Unread 0 ›
31 scene fifty feet high to be lowered on its frame. It was therefore January 1, 1910 7 min read Unread 0 ›

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