The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera

by

Gaston Leroux

Author of "The Mystery of the Yellow Room" and
"The Perfume of the Lady in Black"

Contents

Chapter
	[PROLOGUE]
I	[IS IT A GHOST?]
II	[THE NEW MARGARITA]
III	[THE MYSTERIOUS REASON]
IV	[BOX FIVE]
V	[THE ENCHANTED VIOLIN]
VI	[A VISIT TO BOX FIVE]
VII	[FAUST AND WHAT FOLLOWED]
VIII	[THE MYSTERIOUS BROUGHAM]
IX	[AT THE MASKED BALL]
X	[FORGET THE NAME OF THE MAN'S VOICE]
XI	[ABOVE THE TRAP-DOORS]
XII	[APOLLO'S LYRE]
XIII	[A MASTER-STROKE OF THE TRAP-DOOR LOVER]
XIV	[THE SINGULAR ATTITUDE OF A SAFETY-PIN]
XV	[CHRISTINE! CHRISTINE!]
XVI	[MME. GIRY'S REVELATIONS]
XVII	[THE SAFETY-PIN AGAIN]
XVIII	[THE COMMISSARY, THE VISCOUNT AND THE PERSIAN]
XIX	[THE VISCOUNT AND THE PERSIAN]
XX	[IN THE CELLARS OF THE OPERA]
XXI	[INTERESTING VICISSITUDES]
XXII	[IN THE TORTURE CHAMBER]
XXIII	[THE TORTURES BEGIN]
XXIV	[BARRELS! BARRELS!]
XXV	[THE SCORPION OR THE GRASSHOPPER: WHICH]
XXVI	[THE END OF THE GHOST'S LOVE STORY]
	[EPILOGUE]
	[(plus a "bonus chapter" called "THE PARIS OPERA HOUSE")]

The Phantom of the Opera

Prologue

IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OF THIS SINGULAR WORK INFORMS THE READER HOW HE ACQUIRED THE CERTAINTY THAT THE OPERA GHOST REALLY EXISTED