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Book Reviews of The Essential Phantom of The Opera

The Essential Phantom of The Opera
The Essential Phantom of The Opera
Author: Gaston Leroux
ISBN-13: 9780743498364
ISBN-10: 0743498364
Publication Date: 11/30/2004
Pages: 352
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 6 ratings
Publisher: I Books
Book Type: Paperback
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2 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed The Essential Phantom of The Opera on
Helpful Score: 1
I was pretty disappointed in this book. I was given information from the "swapper" that this was a book written from another character's point of view within the play. It actually is a fact finding book more than anything... If you are wanting to dive head first into the entire history of the Phantom, this book is for you definitely and I would give it two thumbs up. However if like myself, you want it simply for entertainment purposes, please pass on this novel due to you probably will wish you wouldn't have spent your credits such as I have done and so wasted.
Melanti avatar reviewed The Essential Phantom of The Opera on + 7 more book reviews
I'm not sure why Wolf thought this deserved a new title.

This is basically just a very nice edition of the original novel with an introduction and copious footnotes on historical background of the building, events, persons, plays/songs/etc. mentioned and literary allusions.