The Phantom of the Opera
Overview
 
Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (English: The Phantom of the Opera) is a novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

 by French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 writer Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux 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 , which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, notably the 1925 film starring Lon...

. It was first published as a serialisation in "Le Gaulois
Le Gaulois
Le Gaulois was a French daily newspaper, founded in 1868 by Edmond Tarbe and Henri de Pene. After a printing stoppage, it was revived by Arthur Meyer in 1882 with notable collaborators Paul Bourget, Alfred Grévin, Abel Hermant, and Ernest Daudet...

" from September 23, 1909 to January 8, 1910. Initially, the story sold very poorly upon publication in book form and was even out of print
Out of print
Out of print refers to an item, typically a book , but can include any print or visual media or sound recording, that is in the state of no longer being published....

 several times during the twentieth century; it is overshadowed by the success of its various film and stage adaptations.
Quotations

The bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn.

"The Point of No Return"

Angel of music, you denied me, turning from true beauty.

"Wandering Child."

Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime. Lead me, save me from my solitude. Say you want me with you here, beside you. Anywhere you go let me go too. Christine, that's all I ask of —

"The Point of No Return"

Masquerade! Paper faces on parade. Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you.

"Masquerade"

The world showed no compassion to me!

To Raoul

Past the point of no return, the final threshold. What warm unspoken secrets will we learn?

"The Point of No Return"

You alone can make my song take flight. Help me make the music of the night.

"The Music of the Night"

Wait! I think, my dear, we have a guest. Sir, this is indeed an unparalleled delight. I had rather hoped that you would come. And now, my wish comes true. You have truly made my night.

Down Once More.

A toad, Madam? Perhaps it is you who are the toad.

To Carlotta

You will curse the day you did not do all that the Phantom asked of you!

All I Ask of You" (Reprise)

 
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