Classic & Older Gothic

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

Beneath the Paris Opera House, a masked figure haunts the labyrinthine cellars, commanding darkness and demanding devotion. His obsession with the beautiful soprano Christine Daaé spirals into a tale of unrequited passion, genius twisted by isolation, and beauty shadowed by monstrosity. Leroux's classic fuses romance with terror in the gaslit grandeur of fin-de-siècle Paris.

More Classic & Older Gothic

• Redwall — Brian Jacques
• Chapterhouse: Dune — Frank Herbert
• The Naked Sun — Isaac Asimov
• The Vile Village — Lemony Snicket
• The Pillars of the Earth — Ken Follett
• Christine — Stephen King
• The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom — Miguel Ruiz
• Winnie-the-Pooh — A.A. Milne

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