For employees of the Paris Opera, the existence of the Phantom is a fact. What for police is the suicide of one of the stagehands theater lead to a series of accidents and deaths for no apparent reason, and in a spectacular disappearance in the scene: the young singer Christine Daae, receiving classes Ghost. Innocent girl considered the Angel of Music, until he discovers his true face. In his descent into hell, she does not know who will be assisted by Raoul, the Vicomte her young lover since childhood, and a mysterious character, Persian, who will try to release the ties that bind the Ghost. Through a dark and cruel character, Erik, tormented by the deformity of her face and her passion for beauty, and the ins and outs of a building, the Paris Opera, Leroux takes us into the unknown world on the other side of the curtain . Led with great success in film and theater, "The Phantom of the Opera" continues to fascinate the reader by its mix of late romanticism, gothic novel and detective story.