Collins Classics: The Phantom of the Opera

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Look! You want to see! See! Feast your eyes, glut your soul on my cursed ugliness! Look at Erik s face! Now you know the face of the voice!’ Living secretly beneath the Paris Opera House, The Phantom of the Opera , Erik has haunted those who work there with his demands and shrouded the opera house in fear with the legend of his disfigured face. When Christine joins the company, a young woman with a beautiful voice, Erik is instantly smitten and secretly teaches her to become a great singer. He soon develops an obsessive love for his beautiful protégé, even though she has fallen for her childhood friend, resulting in her disappearance during a performance and sparking a tragic and terrifying chain of events. One of the most well-known and well-loved gothic horror stories, Leroux s suspenseful tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy is both dark and moving in its portrayal of Erik, the anti-hero in his yearning for Christine.