Set in 1880s Paris, the story takes place within the grand and labyrinthine Palais Garnier Opera House, which staff and management increasingly believe is haunted by a mysterious entity known as the "Opera Ghost" (or the Phantom). The phantom makes eerie demands through letters, insisting that a specific private booth—Box Five—be left empty for him, that a regular salary be paid to him, and…
Gaston Leroux’s classic Gothic thriller combines romance, horror, mystery, and grand opera. Set beneath the glittering, labyrinthine architecture of the Paris Opéra House, the novel tells the haunting story of a disfigured musical genius who falls obsessively in love with a young chorus girl.