Retold for younger readers, Gaston Leroux's classic tale of horror follows a young opera singer, Christine Daae, who makes her triumphant debut at the Opera--and then disappearsWritten in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a spine chilling, dramatic story. What has happened to the vanished young opera singer, Christine--could the mysterious opera ghost be to blame? Christine's lover, Raoul de Chagny, spies a mysterious stranger shadowing her, and decides to follow. This retelling has been shortened and illustrated for younger readers.
This book features in the following series: Essential Classics, Express Classics .
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There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by ReadZone Books Limited .
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The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera lurks beneath the Paris opera house, a mysterious shadow who takes young opera singer Christine under his tutelage and transforms her into a star. But will his growing obsession with Christine, and her blossoming romance with Count Raoul, be the end of them all?