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The author
Gaston Leroux—the author of The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was born in Paris. As a young man he
wanted to become a writer, but he studied law to please his father. In
1889, he received his law degree. In the same year his father died,
leaving his son a large amount of money, but Gaston spent it all within a
year. So, he began writing stories and poems for the newspapers to
make some money. Later, he wrote about theatrical performances of
L'Echo de
Paris. Making use of his legal training,
he became a courtroom reporter, and
then reported from foreign countries. He
traveled to many countries around the
world and had many adventures.
Leroux also wrote stage plays, mostly
based on his own books. He wrote
screenplays, in 1919 he formed his
own production company. From 1909
Leroux wrote a book a year until his
death in 1927at the age of 59.


Characters
Eric － the leading man 、 the phantom of
the opera
Christine Da`ae － a chief actress
Raoul － Philippe`s younger brother and

Christine`s lover
Philippe Georges Marie － Count of
Chagny
Persian － the person once saved Eric

Monsieur Debienne and Monsieur
Poligny － the former managers of the
opera

Monsieur Armand Monchamin and
Monsieur Firmin Richard － the two
managers who ran the opera after Monsieur
Debienne and Monsieur Poligny left
Joseph Buquet － the man was in charge
of movie scenery
Madame Giry － the bridge between Eric
and managers


Introduction

Chapters 1 ~ 4

The beginning of the story is that there was a rumor about an
opera ghost in Paris Opera . And most people in there did hear him
but never saw him .The managers of this opera , Monsieur Poligny
and Monsieur Debienne , who just had enough of the opera ghost ,
decided to retire . And the new managers
were Monsieur Richard and Monsieur
Moncharmin .Besides , Christine , the

leading role of this book , made a big
triumph because of her performance .
And a viscount , named Raoul , soon be
captivated by Christine . In fact , they
were friends when they were still young .
But Christine didn’t recognize him until
Raoul talked about the scarf .On the
other hand , terrible things happened .
Two people died unnaturally and it was
said that was because of the Opera ghost .
And the new managers kept fighting against
the Opera ghost because they thought
everything about him was mad and ridiculous .


Introduction

Chapters 5 ~ 8

Raoul got a letter from Christine asking him to go to the ridotto. In the
ridotto he saw Red Death, the one he had seen from Perros-Guirec. And
he realized that the Red Death was the Angel of Music. He was so angry
because he heard Christine called another man’s name: Erik. After the
ridotto, Raoul met Christine again, and he was told not to make any
attempt to find out these puzzles.They only had a month to stay together
because Raoul had to go to North Pole.But just because everything was
so sweet that he didn’t want to leave.
This action made Christine tell Raoul
everything about the Angel of Music
and where she was taken by the

“Angel”(Opera ghost) and what he
had done to her. She felt so scared.
Then they decided to elope.But things
didn’t go so smoothly. Christine
disappeared. The managers’
strange acts. These things made everything
seem to be at a loss.The Opera ghost asked the managers to give him
twenty thousand Francs, but they didn’t want to. Because they wanted to
keep the money so they began to act strangely . But after all, they failed.


Introduction
Chapters 9 ~ 12
When Erik found that Christine was about to elope with Raoul, he decided
to kidnap her. After she disappeared, Raoul was looking for her in a great
hurry. At the same time, the Persian appeared and helped him searching
for Christine and Erik. When they slipped in the cellar, Raoul understood
Erik little by little. Some enigmatic problems were solved during the
adventure. And finally they dropped into torture room by mistake. After
that, they found Erik and Christine were in the sitting room next to torture
room. After Erik left, Christine told them that Erik said that if she didn’t
agree to become his wife, everybody would be dead and buried. He had
given her until eleven o’clock the next morning to think about it. …Finally
she agreed to marry him and asked Erik to save the Persian and Raoul.
Soon after that, the Persian was carried home and Raoul was tied up and
left in the emptiest part of the Opera, below the fifth cellar. The adventure
came to an end. …Eventually Erik went to the Persian’s home and
explained something happened after he
was taken home. Erik told the Persian that
he let Raoul and Christine get together, he

was dying of love, and he still loves her.
When he told to him, his heart was filled with
the love for Christine, his resentment, and the
final sincere confession. That’s just his story of a legend.


After reading - - 瑞慈

After reading this book , “ The phantom of the opera “ , I
really feel that we can not judge people from their
appearances . Because I think it still happens a lot in
our society . There are many people don’t have any
merit but their appearances , and
they always use this shallow merit
to hurt those who are not
good - looking . Moreover , we
should develop our inner beauty
and talents in hiding of us .
And besides , we must look
people inside , the kindness ,
pureness deep in their heart
and remember that everybody
in this world is unique and special .


After reading - - 珮筠

Eric ,how poor a man he is ! Because he was born with a
terrible face 、 no nose and yellow eyes , he had to hide .His
unfortunate mother gave birth to him , but she didn`t care for

him and never kissed him. As result of his growing
background,It caused him strange personality .
Although he sang beautifully 、 practiced ventriloquism
and performed unbelievable tricks ,his heart
was still full of sorrow and longed for love from
people.Until he met Christine , he realized
what love is. I really feel that we should not judge
a person by his appearance. Because everyone has
a talent which doesn`t depend on whether you
are pretty or not. As long as you have bright
heart to face everyday, you can make the world more
beautiful. I think the story is not only a romantic
tragedy but also a marvelous classics. It is really amazing!!!


After reading - - 薏蘋

After reading this story, I think that a
beautiful mind is more important
than a beautiful appearance. Like
the opera ghost-Erik who had a
face so ugly and so pale was
born on a love shortage family.
Because he was born with a
terrible face- no nose, yellow eyes-that he hade to hide. His all
family members including his most close mother all disliked him. In
fact, he was kindhearted. At first, he tried every way to make
Christine promise to be his wife. Then, he tasted the happiness the
world could offer and the acceptance from Christine. Finally, he
agreed Christine to marry with the count-Raoul and wished them.

Maybe he trusted everyone would accept him as Christine did, too.
People always judge others by appearance not by internal. But a
kind heart is more important than a beautiful face. Appearance can
not represent anything, but a kindness is worth to respect.


After reading - - 雯琳

The Phantom of the Opera﹐the best
known work of Leroux’s , is a horror
romance ． The hero﹐Erik﹐who
pretended that he was a real phantom﹐
was still a person who could sense ．
He utilized normal human feelings
and physical theory cleverly to make
the whole theatre fall into panic ．
His personality of being radical came from
the exclusion of common people ﹐and his
false pride came from the inferiority caused
by others’ disdain ． Having a poor appearance
wasn’t his fault, I felt pity for poor﹐unhappy
Erik ！ People usually judge a person by outward
appearance﹐but who knows what bad plans
others’ are thinking of inward under their good looks ？


After reading - - 玟君
I’ve heard the story before, but I didn’t know the detail. After I read it, I’m
really touched. Erik learned how to love other people, Christine and
Raoul were finally together. And when I read it, I can almost feel the

horrible feeling.What makes Erik become such a tragic man? It’s his ugly
face, the horrible outward appearance. He was treated like an animal (in
the circus), a toy, even a ghost. We have to
look people’s heart, not the outward appearances.
But nowadays, the society is unfair for those
people who are in inferior position. Christine
is the one that I want to admire of. She sacrificed
her freedom and marriage to save other people.
Although she was afraid of Erik, she finally
accepted Erik. She made him know what true
love meant, and she gave him warmth. She
changed Erik’s terrible personality. It’s touched that when Erik was going
to die, he let Christine go. The words he said to the Persian made me
feel of his genuine. Although “The Phantom of the Opera” has been
referred to be a horror romance novel, but I think it’s more than just a
horror romance novel. You can see both the bright side and the dark side
of human beings. It’s really a marvelous novel


After reading - - 詩穎

After I finished reading this book, I felt sorrowful. Poor Erik!
Although he had many unordinary talents, he never felt happy live
in this world. If he had an ordinary face, he must had succeed and
known by everyone. But his terrible face only made him live alone
and had no choice but hide him in order to escape people’s
taunt.Maybe he wanted to be an ordinary people even if he had no
talents. Human beings live in this world need others concern and
love. There is exception. But Erik’s mother was cruel enough that
she didn’t want to see Erik’s face and moreover she gave he a

mask. How cruel she is. No wonder his personality is strange and
sometimes
doing some crazy thing.
In this society, there are many
similar situations with Erik’s.
The man who has some defect
maybe the boss will not hire him.
But maybe the man has
a very good talent and work
very hard.
We have to think it deeply.


After reading - - 佳君

After reading the novel, I had a sense of loss. It’s not because the
story wasn’t interesting. Actually, it’s just the opposite. The thrilling
story attracted me very much. I felt just like to be in the story which
is heartbreaking. Nobody is a real bad person in the story. It
composed of some person who bumped into each other,
understood each other, and felt sorry for each other. In other words,
the story combines infinite tragedies into a great tragedy. What did
Erik really want? He just wanted to live like everybody else. But
only because of his horrible face, he was obliged to live as a mouse
in the cellar and caused him to feel himself inferior all his life. What
did he yearn for? Somebody loved him, understood him, and
stayed with him simply. What’s wrong? …Although his dream came
true
by Christine, his end isn’t satisfactory.
He let Christine and Raoul get together

finally. At the same time, he just a
weak, contented, and broken-hearted
man. Just as what Christine said:
「 Poor, unhappy Erik. 」 How tragic
it is! 「 The poor, unhappy Erik.


Music:

The music of the night


Music:

Think of me


music:

All I Ask Of You


Music:

The Phantom Of The Opera


Erik



Phantom
＆
Christine


The End!