The Phantom of the Opera ~ Paperback ~ Gaston Leroux

The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux. Christine Daae travels with her father, a famous fiddler, throughout Europe, and plays folk and religious music. When Christine was six years old, her mother died and her father was taken to rural France by a patron, Professor Valerius. While Christine was a child, her father told her many stories about the "Angel of Music," who is the personification of musical inspiration."