The Phantom of the Opera Group

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ihateenglishessays
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Why did Gaston Leroux write the book "The Phantom of the Opera"?

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Posted by ihateenglishessays on Tuesday April 8, 2008 at 6:43 PM and tagged with author intention, experience, the phantom of the opera.

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  1. tbuffenbarger
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    According to Leroux, the story is based on a real ghost story about the Paris Opera House. There was a mysterious death of a opera singer during the time period. Eventually the story came to include elements of the supernatural and eventually the figure of the Phantom. If you read the introduction, there are some details about the background of the story. The idea of the supernatural (ghosts, mysteries) was common in literature during that time period. Books with these topics could be very profitable to the writers on the common market. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, many more people were reading for personal enjoyment.

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    Posted by tbuffenbarger on Friday April 11, 2008 at 5:20 AM