Этот роман известен прежде всего благодаря мюзиклу Эндрю Ллойда Уэббера. Романтика, приключения, детектив – кажется, Гастон Леру собрал в своем романе все жанры. Итак – Парижская Опера. С некоторых пор здесь происходит нечто странное: падают люстры, рушатся декорации, пропадают вещи, то и дело сотрудники театра вздрагивают от необычных звуков. Ходят слухи, что все это – дело рук таинственного Призрака. Кто он, этот злой гений парижского театра? Существует ли он на самом деле или все, что о нем...
«Призрак Оперы». Одно из самых ярких явлений массовой культуры XX, а потом и XXI века. Его множество раз экранизировали, ему посвящали бессчетные рок-композиции, баллады и альбомы… И, наверное, нет человека, который бы ни разу в жизни не слышал или не смотрел написанного по его мотивам гениального мюзикла Эндрю Ллойда Уэббера. Со дня первой публикации «Призрака Оперы» прошло уже больше столетия, а таинственная и мрачная история юной оперной певицы Кристины, благородного виконта Рауля и...
Гастон Леру (1868–1927) – французский писатель, один из основоположников детективного жанра. Его романы по праву завоевали огромную популярность, а сыщик-любитель Жозеф Рультабий не без основания считается прототипом целой плеяды легендарных героев частного сыска. Профессиональное юридическое и репортерское прошлое позволило Гастону Леру стать одним из самых сильных соперников знаменитого Конан Дойла. Публикуемый в этом томе роман «Тайна желтой комнаты» знакомит читателя с Жозефом Рультабием,...
The Mystery of the Yellow Room" is one of the first locked-room mystery crime fiction novels. It is the first novel starring fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, and concerns a complex and seemingly impossible crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room. Leroux provides the reader with detailed, precise diagrams and floorplans illustrating the scene of the crime. The emphasis of the story is firmly on the intellectual challenge to the reader, who will almost certainly...
"The Bride of the Sun" by Gaston Leroux. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to...
Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was an influential mystery and detective author, contributing a great deal to the golden age of mystery fiction. First published serially in France from 1907-1908, «The Mystery of the Yellow Room,» is widely considered the greatest of the «locked room mysteries» of the twentieth century. Joseph Rouletabille, a journalist and novelist, is thrust into a complicated murder investigation, a murder that occurred in a locked room where it was seemingly impossible for any...
First published in French as a serial between September 1909 and January 1910, “The Phantom of the Opera” is a riveting story that revolves around its young Swedish protagonist, Christine Daaé, a chorus girl at the Paris Opera House. After a time at the opera house, Christine begins hearing the voice of the phantom, who teaches her how to sing beautifully, bringing her great acclaim. The voice is in actuality a man named Erik, though not his real name, who lives in its cellars and has fallen in...
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,...
The lights of the Paris Opera House dim and a lovely singer holds the audience spellbound with her enchanting voice. Two men are rivals for her love: one of them the beloved friend of her childhood — and the other the terrifying «opera ghost» who haunts the theater and wields a strange power over the performer.This thrilling novel and its many adaptations have beguiled the imaginations of countless audiences throughout the twentieth century. A gripping tale of longing passion, fear,...
The Mystery of the Yellow Room" is one of the first locked-room mystery crime fiction novels. It is the first novel starring fictional detective Joseph Rouletabille, and concerns a complex and seemingly impossible crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room. Leroux provides the reader with detailed, precise diagrams and floorplans illustrating the scene of the crime. The emphasis of the story is firmly on the intellectual challenge to the reader, who will almost certainly...