Many of the earliest ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Gaston Leroux is most famous for his classic story of 'The Phantom of the Opera' and here collected are that masterpiece of monstrous unrequited love and 3 other short stories, including 'In Letters of Fire', 'A Terrible Tale' and ' The Women with the Velvet Collar'.

Strange things are going on at the Paris Opera House: a mysterious phantom-a skeleton in dinner dress-is wreaking havoc amongst the singers and the backstage staff. When new managers take over, and dismiss the rumors of the Opera Ghost, the terror really begins. Who is the mysterious figure stalking the stage at night? How can he be everywhere at once, and enter and leave locked rooms at will? And what is his connection to the beautiful and talented young soloist, Christine? Gaston Leroux's brilliant and disturbing book is best known, perhaps, through its many stage and screen adaptations,...

During Christines childhood, which is described retrospectively in the early chapters of the book, her father tells her many stories featuring an Angel of Music, who, like a muse, is the personification of musical inspiration. On his deathbed, Christines father tells her that from Heaven, he will send the Angel of Music to her. Christine is eventually given a position in the chorus at the Paris Opera House. Not long after she arrives there, she begins hearing a beautiful, unearthly voice which sings to her and speaks to her. She believes this must be the Angel of Music and asks him if he is....

In Rouletabille at Krupp's (1917), Gaston Leroux followed the template created by John Buchan in Greenamtle (1916), in which a heroic secret agent is conscripted to carry out an officially-sanctioned dangerous mission in enemy territory. Here, it's fearless investigative journalist Joseph Josephin, aka Rouletabille, who is sent into the heart of the Kaiser's armaments factories to destroy the gigantic German super-weapon Titania, capable of annihilating Paris itself in a single shot. The novel displays Leroux's fascination with, and talent for, the bizarre. As a reflection of the imaginative...

A favourite of Gothic horror stories, a tale of unrequited love, passion and tragedy in this new Fantastica edition of Leroux's 'The Phantom of the Opera' novel. The story takes us far beneath the majesty and splendour of the Paris Opera House. This is where hides the Phantom in his shadowy existence. Shamed by his physical appearance and feared by all, the love he holds for his beautiful protege Christine Daae is so strong that her heart cannot resist, even though she has fallen for her childhood friend.

Pour eclaircir l'enigme dans Le Mystere de la chambre jaune, le jeune reporter Rouletabille a voyage en Amerique ou il est remonte aux sources de sa propre enfance et au souvenir de la dame en noir, une belle inconnue au parfum unique qui venait a l'occasion rendre visite au pauvre orphelin qu'il fut jadis. Maintenant que le jeune reporter a demasque le coupable et fait liberer Robert Darzac, le fiance de Mlle Stangerson, les deux amoureux ont enfin pu s'epouser et une ceremonie de mariage a reuni presque tous les protagonistes du Mystere de la chambre jaune."

Esta obra es de dominio publico en los paises donde la duracion es de 70 anos despues de la muerte del autor y en los Estados Unidos(publicacion antes de 1923). Un des meilleurs Gaston Leroux... Un beau et grand roman qui ravira les amateurs de fantastique et de musique."