Opera singer Christine triumphs at the gala on the night of the old managers' retirement. Her old childhood friend, Raoul, hears her sing and recalls his love for Christine. At this time there are rumors of a phantom living at the Opera and he makes himself known to the managers through letters and malevolent acts. Some time after the gala, the Paris Opera performs Faust, with the prima donna Carlotta playing the lead, against the Phantom's wishes. During the performance Carlotta loses her voice and the grand chandelier plummets into the audience...

English translation of Le Fantome de l'Opera. An opera house and a young singer are "haunted" by a mysterious person who calls himself the Opera Ghost."

This zoology study contains all the essays on the Chalicodomae, or Mason-bees proper, which so greatly enhance the interest of the early volumes of the -Souvenirs entomologiques.- I have also included an essay on the author's Cats and one on Red Ants--the only study of Ants comprised in the -Souvenirs---both of which bear upon the sense of direction possessed by the Bees.

An English translation of Van Oude Menschen, de dingen de voorbijgaan.

A classic mystery story about a cunning detective that catches a master thief named Arsene Lupin. To recover his honor, Lupin devises a plan to save himself and his comrades from the guillotine. This version features illustrations and pictures that represent the chapters.

The Phantom of the Opera Le Fantome de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialisation in Le Gaulois from September 23, 1909, to January 8, 1910. It was published in volume form in April 1910 by Pierre Lafitte. The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber's 1841 production of Der Freischutz. Nowadays, it is overshadowed by the success of its various...