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 Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 11:40 am
Has anyone here read The Phantom of the Opera by either Leroux or Kay?
I read Leroux's in fourth grade, and I've loved it ever since. And the musical...and everything about it. :]
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Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 11:59 pm
I read it about six or seven years ago. I remember that I did like it at the time.
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 11:19 am
I read the version by Leroux. I *really* did not like it. I won't say I haed it - that's saved for pointless meaningless books which I finish and say that they were *not* worth my time. Instead, I took from PotO the knowledge of the book which can be used in allusions and other such attempts to be considered a member of the intelligencia wink .
The musical, now that's good!
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Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 10:44 pm
I've read Leroux and am an avid fan of the plays/musicals, though long before the glorified hollywood-remake, or the latest one anyhow.
I find the overall plot good, but am not overly impressed with Leroux. I don't recommend the book as often as I do the actual performances of the story.
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Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 4:48 pm
Yes, the musical was great! I'm a phan myself.
I consider the book and the musical as having different plots, however. They are really different.
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 4:39 am
The Phantom was the book I was reading (re-reading, actually) the first time I realized I had an 'unusual' fondness for books. I'd brought it with me on a school camping trip, and I'd read it in the cabin before lights out. The second night there, another girl (who hated reading) saw me and said "you were further along in that book last night." I then explained that I just picked up the book and started reading whatever page I opened to. Of course, she was shocked that I'd read anything that wasn't assigned for school, etc.
Anyway, I love that book. I think it's uncommonly arranged. From page one, it states that the Opera Ghost existed, yet wasn't a ghost, and that the rest of the book would explain the mystery. I thought it was so clever that Leroux used his background in journalism to make the entire book seem as though it could actually have happened. A house by an underground lake beneath the Paris Opera House didn't seem impossible, nor did money dissapearing out of sealed envelopes, when Leroux explained.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 8:30 pm
Wow. I could rant about this for quite a while.
Personally, I believe something along the lines of Leroux's novel actually happened. Yes, his deformities were probably exaggerated, but I think that the plot could actually have happened. Perhaps a marred stagehand or worker at the opera fell in love with a singer and made some follish mistakes, and was later fanned out into Phantom.
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Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:22 pm
I used to listen to the music all the time for the musical. I read the book and love it too. I was actually Christine for Halloween once, and last year my friend wanted to be Eric and me be Christine again. Emmy Rosum did a superb job as Chrisitne. At 18 she could really belt out those songs.
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Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:00 am
Ariana_Rosewood I used to listen to the music all the time for the musical. I read the book and love it too. I was actually Christine for Halloween once, and last year my friend wanted to be Eric and me be Christine again. Emmy Rosum did a superb job as Chrisitne. At 18 she could really belt out those songs.
-Pet peeve-
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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 8:32 am
Phantom was a great read!
Its ashame they didn't put The Persian in the musical though!
I think hes represented by the music box -sigh-
Long Live Erik!
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:08 am
Feye Figg Its ashame they didn't put The Persian in the musical though! I think hes represented by the music box -sigh-
I think Mme. Giry is a cross-over between herself, the Persian, and the ballet instructors.
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Posted: Thu Aug 17, 2006 10:13 pm
I never read it, but I JUST SAW THE PLAY TODAY!!!
Omg, I will be one of those people who sees it like 20 times. I'm getting my hands on the book as soon as possible.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:52 am
There's a book on it?! All i've ever seen is the musical. I absolutely adored the musical. I'll have to look for the book the next time I go to the mall. 3nodding It would be interesting to see how different it is from the musical 3nodding
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:42 pm
Phantomette Feye Figg Its ashame they didn't put The Persian in the musical though! I think hes represented by the music box -sigh-
I think Mme. Giry is a cross-over between herself, the Persian, and the ballet instructors.
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Romantic Conversationalist
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Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 8:44 pm
I discovered that there is going to be a book released later this summer titled Unmasqued: An Erotic Novel of the Phantom of the Opera by Colette Gale. Oh, I want it very much! 3nodding I could re-read POTO since I now have my own copy and read this title afterward.
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