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Description edit
"Powerful moving tour de force " says Publisher's Weekly, Phantom "adds new depth to the <original story>... Haunting and unforgettable, a sensual and poetic exploration of a man's internal conflict between good and evil and of a search for love amidst darkness and despair."
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Christine Daae: A sweet soprano
- Erik: The boy who grew up to be the Phantom of the Opera.
- Madeleine: Erik's mother.
- Nadir Khan: Based on Leroux's "The Persian."
- Reza Khan: Nadir's son.
- Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny: Add a description of this character.
- La Carlotta
- Madame Giry: The opera's box keeper
- Meg Giry
- Luciana: Giovanni's daughter
- Marie: Madeleine's (Erik's mother)friend
- Charles
- Sasha: Erik's childhood friend and pet dog
- Papa
- Jules
- Mama
- Etienne
- Daroga
- Mademoiselle Perrault
- Gamier
- Darius
- Guizot
- Mirza Taqui Khan
- Giovanni
- Simonette
Quotes edit
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“None of us can choose where we will love...”
Erik -
“"Go back inside your tent, Daroga," I heard the frown in his voice. "I should find it enormously tedious to have to save your life a second time."”
Erik -
“" 'Salutations, O Glory of the World!' " he said in a wickedly mincing tone. " 'Let me be your sacrifice, O Shadow of God!' Do you honestly expect me to mouth this nauseating garbage?""I know it may sound a little absurd to European ears—""It's worse than absurd, Daroga—it's an insult to human intelligence!"”
Erik, Nadir Khan -
“"If you have no great attachment to your head," she continued slowly, "perhaps you would prefer to share the fate of a Chinese eunuch and carry your genitalia around with you in a small jar of brine."He made a graceful shrug of mocking indifference."Are you so sure a small jar would contain me, madame?"”
Erik, Khanum -
“"Take what you like," I said quietly. "Pillage the whole world if you must to satisfy your professional vanity. But don't take my child's heart from me just because you can. Don't shut me in that torture chamber, Erik."”
Nadir Khan
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris, France
- Persia
- Opera House
- Mazanderan
- Rome
- Rouen
- Opera Ghost
- England
- Trastevere
- Poligny
- Russia
- Kashan
- Europe
- Boscherville
First Sentence edit
It was a breech birth; and so, right up to the very last moment of innocent ignorance, I remained aware of the midwife's boisterous, bawdy encouragement.
Table of Contents edit
1. Madeleine 1831-1840
2. Erik 1840-1843
3. Giovanni 1844-1846
4. Nadir 1850-1853
5. Erik 1856-1881
6. Counterpoint: Erik and Christine 1881
7. Raoul 1897
Author's note
First Edition edit
Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: 0-440-21169-7
Page Count: 532
Publisher: Dell Publishing
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: Add the publication date.
ISBN: 0-440-21169-7
Page Count: 532
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PR6061.A937P48
- Dewey: 823'.914
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