The Phantom of the Opera

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  I hate when people try to compare this to the movies. Apart from the silent movie they have nothing to do with this story except the characters and the plot are almost the same. The book just has more depth and richness and beautiful language and scenes. It's not scary for modern readers yet it is a ... (continue)

  I hate when people try to compare this to the movies. Apart from the silent movie they have nothing to do with this story except the characters and the plot are almost the same. The book just has more depth and richness and beautiful language and scenes. It's not scary for modern readers yet it is a wonderful and dark love story. Doesn't come even close to the sappy and overly romantic 2004 movie, for example.

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  s u v i said on Mar 25, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  the movie's much better

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  jenn said on Feb 10, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  A breath-taking portrayal of love, fear and music.

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  Valentine said on Sep 28, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  disturbing, profound, touching...perfectly gothic.
  Perhaps slightly too long?

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  Raffaella Silvestri said on Jul 8, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Phantom is a crazy person that I don't like.
  In this story,there are many bugs.He killed about 3 persons....uh, about 4. 隨便啦.那個邦加繩套最鬼了.還多了個不知何所謂的波斯人,一堆bugs.But the music is listened nicely to, and then the structure/content of the story has some irreasonable things.But,but,but...the music is v ... (continue)

  Phantom is a crazy person that I don't like.
  In this story,there are many bugs.He killed about 3 persons....uh, about 4. 隨便啦.那個邦加繩套最鬼了.還多了個不知何所謂的波斯人,一堆bugs.But the music is listened nicely to, and then the structure/content of the story has some irreasonable things.But,but,but...the music is very nice in the story,which I watched in movie version.

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  Scirea1985 said on Jul 14, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0140621741
• ISBN-13: 9780140621747
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Pub date: May 25, 1995
• Dimensions: 1161 mm x 710 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书, Libros en Español

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