内容简介
HelurkedintheshadowsoftheParisOperaHouse--amanwiththevoiceofanangelbutthefaceofamonster.Hisonlyhopeforloveisabeautifulsopranowhodrawshim...todisaster.
作者简介
GastonLeroux,Frenchjournalistandwriterofsuspensefiction,wasborninParisin1868.HisexperiencesasacrimereporterandwarcorrespondentforaFrenchnewspapergavehimthebackgroundtocreatehispopularnovels.Hewasoneoftheoriginatorsofthedetectivestory,andhisyoungfictionaldetective,JosephRouletabile,wastheforerunnerofmanyreporter-detectivecharactersinmodernfiction.TwoofLeroux’sbest-knownmysteriesareThePerfumeoftheLadyinBlackandTheMysteryoftheYellowRoom,whichisconsideredoneofthefinest“lockedroom”mysterieseverwritten.AsecondseriesofsuspenseadventuresfeaturedanoldrascalnamedCheri-Bibi.ButLeroux’smostenduringworkis,ofcourse,ThePhantomoftheOpera,whichwasfirstpublishedin1910.LerouxdiedinNice,France,in1927.