English · Thriller
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, a public-domain English classic presented in a clean, phone-friendly edition. Browse this thriller classic free on Soma.
The story
chapters
01PrologueThe footnotes have been incrementally numbered in [ ] marks, and placed after the paragraph in which they appear→02Chapter I Is it the Ghost?## Chapter I Is it the Ghost?→03Chapter II The New Margarita## Chapter II The New Margarita→04Chapter III The Mysterious Reason## Chapter III The Mysterious Reason→05Chapter IV Box Five## Chapter IV Box Five→06Chapter V The Enchanted Violin## Chapter V The Enchanted Violin→07Chapter VI A Visit to Box Five## Chapter VI A Visit to Box Five→08Chapter VII Faust and What Followed## Chapter VII Faust and What Followed→09Chapter VIII The Mysterious Brougham## Chapter VIII The Mysterious Brougham→10Chapter IX At the Masked Ball## Chapter IX At the Masked Ball→11Chapter X Forget the Name of the Man's Voice## Chapter X Forget the Name of the Man's Voice→12Chapter XI Above the Trap-Doors## Chapter XI Above the Trap-Doors→13Chapter XII Apollo's Lyre## Chapter XII Apollo's Lyre→14Chapter XIII A Master-Stroke of the Trap-Door Lover## Chapter XIII A Master-Stroke of the Trap-Door Lover→15Chapter XIV The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin## Chapter XIV The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin→16Chapter XV Christine! Christine!## Chapter XV Christine!→17Chapter XVI Mme. Giry's Astounding Revelations as to Her Personal Relations with the Opera Ghost## Chapter XVI Mme.→18Chapter XVII The Safety-Pin Again## Chapter XVII The Safety-Pin Again→19Chapter XVIII The Commissary, The Viscount and the Persian## Chapter XVIII The Commissary, The Viscount and the Persian→20Chapter XIX The Viscount and the Persian## Chapter XIX The Viscount and the Persian→21Chapter XX In the Cellars of the Opera## Chapter XX In the Cellars of the Opera→22Chapter XXI Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes of a Persian in the Cellars of the Opera## Chapter XXI Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes of a Persian in the Cellars of the Opera→23Chapter XXII In the Torture Chamber## Chapter XXII In the Torture Chamber→24Chapter XXIII The Tortures Begin## Chapter XXIII The Tortures Begin→25Chapter XXIV "Barrels! ... Barrels! ... Any Barrels to Sell?"## Chapter XXIV "Barrels!→26Chapter XXV The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which?## Chapter XXV The Scorpion or the Grasshopper: Which?→27Chapter XXVI The End of the Ghost's Love Story## Chapter XXVI The End of the Ghost's Love Story→28Epilogue.## Epilogue.→