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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

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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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	The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos (Translator) 3.97 avg rating — 145,456 ratings — published 1909 — 678 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mystery of the Yellow Room 3.70 avg rating — 4,586 ratings — published 1908 — 218 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le parfum de la dame en noir 3.63 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1908 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le Fauteuil hanté 3.53 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1909 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rouletabille: Le mystère de la chambre jaune; Le parfum de la dame en noir by Gaston Leroux, André-Paul Duchâteau, Bernard C. Swysen 3.80 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret of the Night 3.46 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1912 — 56 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La machine à assassiner (La poupée sanglante, #2) 3.58 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1924 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La poupée sanglante (La poupée sanglante, #1) 3.31 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1923 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le fantôme de l'opéra; La reine du Sabbat; Les ténébreuses; La mansarde en or 4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Storie macabre by Gaston Leroux, Gianni Pilo (Translator), Sebastiano Fusco (Editor) 3.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1977 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Joseph Rouletabille (8 books)
by Gaston Leroux
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La poupée sanglante (2 books)
by Gaston Leroux
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Chéri-Bibi (5 books)
by Gaston Leroux
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Les aventures effroyables de M. Herbert de Renich (2 books)
by Gaston Leroux
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Les Ténébreuses (2 books)
by Gaston Leroux
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Quotes by Gaston Leroux

“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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“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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“All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)”
― Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera

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