The Phantom of the Opera
4 journalers for this copy...
I bought this Saturday at Rolling Meadows (IL) Public Library used book sale for 50 cents.
1987 (1911 originally published) -- Translation of Le Fantome de I'opera -- Fiction/Drama -- the original novel
Back Cover: The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom: that is to say, of a spectral shade. -- From the author's Prologue
"The Phantom of the Opera" is a haunting and enduring tale that has fascinated readers for almost an entire century. It inspired the famous silent film starring Lon Chaney. Now, Andrew Lloyd Webber, of Evita, Cats, and Starlight Express fame, has created a show based on this story, and it is described by London critics as his very best to date. Set in the Paris Opera in 1881, it is a story that pits the powers of evil and good, reality and illusion, sensuality and death to evoke our emotions as only a true master writer can.
1987 (1911 originally published) -- Translation of Le Fantome de I'opera -- Fiction/Drama -- the original novel
Back Cover: The Opera ghost really existed. He was not, as was long believed, a creature of the imagination of the artists, the superstition of the managers, or a product of the absurd and impressionable brains of the young ladies of the ballet, their mothers, the box-keepers, the cloak-room attendants or the concierge. Yes, he existed in flesh and blood, although he assumed the complete appearance of a real phantom: that is to say, of a spectral shade. -- From the author's Prologue
"The Phantom of the Opera" is a haunting and enduring tale that has fascinated readers for almost an entire century. It inspired the famous silent film starring Lon Chaney. Now, Andrew Lloyd Webber, of Evita, Cats, and Starlight Express fame, has created a show based on this story, and it is described by London critics as his very best to date. Set in the Paris Opera in 1881, it is a story that pits the powers of evil and good, reality and illusion, sensuality and death to evoke our emotions as only a true master writer can.
This book is now part of a BOOKRAY. Please let me know if you are interested in joining, your location, and if you'll ship Internationally. Please try to pass it along to the next person in line within a month ... or update your journal entry on its status.The list so far:
1. clawdette - LA (US only) --> received 7/7/04 --> mailed 4/4/05
2. yourotherleft - PA (US only) --> received 5/1/05 --> mailed 1/13/06
3. Weebaby - VA --> received 1/27/06
4. JesseBC - IL
5. Starry-Starry - UK (mail Internationally)
UPDATE (6/26/04): I received another copy of this book, so I will be mailing this one out soon to start the bookray.
Journal Entry 3 by ReadingGal79 at Bookray in a RABCK, By Mail/Post/Courier -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Released on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 at Bookray in Mailed to fellow bookcrosser, Postal Release Controlled Releases.
I'm mailing this today to clawdette in LA ... to start this bookray on its journey.
I'm mailing this today to clawdette in LA ... to start this bookray on its journey.
recieved as part of bookray..will post when read
great read...would still love to see the play tho...releasing to yourotherleft in Bloomsburg, PA Today
This arrived safely. I'll read it and pass it on as soon as I can. Thanks!
Finally admitting that I don't have time to read this one. It's on its way to Weebaby. Sorry for holding it up!
I enjoyed this as much as I expected to, and I did expect it to be much different from the musical.
This really is a scary book; there is no Hollywood (Broadway?) romanticism to this novel. I was afraid of Eric, and I had never heard of the Persian before. I remember only bits and pieces of the movie with Lon Chaney from when I was a teen. When the phantom's face was described (under the mask), Lon Chaney's depiction seemed like the most accurate representation.
And of course, like in almost everything else I read, I cried. Esp. at the part after the climax where he reveals how Christine kissed him.
This really is a scary book; there is no Hollywood (Broadway?) romanticism to this novel. I was afraid of Eric, and I had never heard of the Persian before. I remember only bits and pieces of the movie with Lon Chaney from when I was a teen. When the phantom's face was described (under the mask), Lon Chaney's depiction seemed like the most accurate representation.
And of course, like in almost everything else I read, I cried. Esp. at the part after the climax where he reveals how Christine kissed him.
