Gaston Leroux’s Followers (978)

Gaston Leroux

Born

in Paris, France

May 06, 1868

Died

April 15, 1927

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Influences

Alexandre Dumas, Victor Hugo, Stendhal ...more

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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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Average rating: 3.94 · 267,921 ratings · 13,696 reviews · 851 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 246,255 ratings — published 1910 — 2500 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 (Joseph Rouletabille #1) 3.66 avg rating — 12,213 ratings — published 1907 — 901 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 3.53 avg rating — 1,399 ratings — published 1908 — 302 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 3.49 avg rating — 408 ratings — published 1909 — 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
	The Secret of the Night 3.41 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1912 — 273 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
	Muppets Meet the Classics: The Phantom of the Opera (Muppets Meet the Classics, 1) by Gaston Leroux, Owen Richardson (Illustrations) 3.77 avg rating — 182 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	La poupée sanglante (La poupée sanglante, #1) 3.34 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1923 — 20 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) 3.53 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1923 — 81 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 crime de Rouletabille 3.71 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1921 — 76 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) 3.30 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1977 — 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

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Joseph Rouletabille (8 books)
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La poupée sanglante (2 books)
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Chéri-Bibi (5 books)
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Les aventures effroyables de M. Herbert de Renich (2 books)
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Les Ténébreuses (2 books)
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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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“All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)”
― 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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September 2018 Revisit the Shelf

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro, 1989, 258 pages, Group read: 2017

85 votes, 24.9%

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, 1910, 360 pages, Group read: 2014

73 votes, 21.3%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, 1962, 325 pages, Group read: 2010, 2014, 2016

70 votes, 20.5%

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, 1943, 496 pages, Group read: 2012, 2013

60 votes, 17.5%

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, 1958, 209 pages, Group read: 2015

54 votes, 15.8%

342 total votes

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