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Gaston Leroux


Born
in Paris, France
May 06, 1868

Died
April 15, 1927

Genre
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Influences
Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Stendhal ...more


Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was a French journalist and author of detective fiction.

In the English-speaking world, he is best known for writing the novel The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, 1910), which has been made into several film and stage productions of the same name, such as the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical. It was also the basis of the 1990 novel Phantom by Susan Kay.

Leroux went to school in Normandy and studied law in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. Then in 1890, he began working as a court reporter and theater critic for L'Écho de Paris. His most important journalism came when he began working as an ...more

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Average rating: 3.94 · 263,926 ratings · 13,373 reviews · 771 distinct works • Similar authors
The Phantom of the Opera
3.96 avg rating — 242,684 ratings — published 1910 — 2425 editions
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The Mystery of the Yellow R...
3.67 avg rating — 12,000 ratings — published 1907 — 837 editions
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Le parfum de la dame en noir
3.53 avg rating — 1,379 ratings — published 1908 — 237 editions
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Le Fauteuil hanté
3.50 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1909 — 93 editions
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The Secret of the Night
3.41 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1912 — 92 editions
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La poupée sanglante (La pou...
3.34 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 1923 — 61 editions
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La machine à assassiner (La...
3.54 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 1923 — 6 editions
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Le crime de Rouletabille
3.72 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1921 — 30 editions
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The Mystery of the Yellow Room Le parfum de la dame en noir The Secret of the Night Le château noir Les étranges noces de Roule... Die Hölle an der Ruhr: Roul... Le crime de Rouletabille
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“If I am the phantom, it is because man's hatred has made me so. If I am to be saved it is because your love redeems me.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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“All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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“Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera
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November 2015 Revisit the Shelf. Reread Poll

1949, 1984 by George Orwell, 328 pages
 
  31 votes, 20.7%

1814, Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, 507 pages
 
  22 votes, 14.7%

1962, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, 212 pages
 
  21 votes, 14.0%

1898, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. 120 pages
 
  13 votes, 8.7%

 
  12 votes, 8.0%

1869, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, 449 pages
 
  12 votes, 8.0%

 
  11 votes, 7.3%

 
  11 votes, 7.3%

 
  10 votes, 6.7%

1869, War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, 1392 pages
 
  7 votes, 4.7%

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