IL FANTASMA DELL' OPERA

LEROUX GASTON

ISBN 10: 887983407X / ISBN 13: 9788879834070

Published by NEWTON & COMPTON I EDIZIONE MARZO 1994, 1994

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La storia dell?amore di Erik ? costretto a nascondere le sue orrende fattezze dietro una maschera ? per Christine, la giovane soprano tanto graziosa quanto inesperta, si svolge tutta nell?ambiente del teatro dell?Opera, che diviene alter ego del Fantasma, luogo che crea l?azione. Campione di tutti gli eccessi, ?mostro? al pari di Frankenstein e del Conte Dracula, la educherà, s?impossesserà di lei, riuscirà a far sgorgare dal petto della sua schiava d?amore una voce sublime? Una macchina narrativa sapientissima consente a Leroux di tenere in perfetto equilibrio commedia, avventura, poliziesco e grandguignol così che alla fine della lettura ci accorgiamo di essere stati catturati da una storia tanto carica di suggestioni quanto lineare ed emblematica.&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IL FANTASMA DELL' OPERA
• Publisher: NEWTON & COMPTON I EDIZIONE MARZO 1994
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: Italian
• ISBN 10: 887983407X
• ISBN 13: 9788879834070
• Binding: copertina morbida
• Illustrator: RAZZINI VIERO
• Condition: buone
• Dust Jacket Condition: buone

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Synopsis

First published in French as a serial in 1909, The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.

Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.