Gaston Leroux





Gaston Leroux

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born
in Paris, France
May 06, 1868

died
April 15, 1927

gender
male

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Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux (6 May 1868, Paris, France – 15 April 1927) 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...more


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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.”
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“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.”
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“All I wanted was to be loved for myself." (Erik)”
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