The Phantom of the Opera

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The Phantom of the Opera(歌劇魅影)

Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera(歌劇魅影), first published in 1910. It was adapted to several popular motion pictures(電影) and into one of the most successful stage musicals(舞台劇) of all time. Its main character(主要特點), Erik, is a romantic figure whose appeal reaches across different cultures and times. He is a sensitive soul, an accomplished composer and musician whose great unfinished work, Don Juan Triumphant, is described as breathtakingly beautiful by the one person he allows to hear it; he is an object of pity, whose face has been disfigured from birth, causing him to hide behind a silk mask; and he is hopelessly in love with a young woman whom he can never seriously hope will love him back.

加斯東勒魯的小說歌劇魅影 ，在1910年首次出版。它適應於幾種流行的電影和成一個最成功的舞台劇的所有時間。它的主要特點，埃里克，是一個浪漫的人物，他呼籲，上訴達到在不同的文化和時代。他是一個敏感的靈魂，是成就的作曲家和音樂家，他偉大未完成的工作， 唐璜的勝利 ，被描述為美的令人窒息的一個人，他可以聽到這種說法，他是一個憐憫的對象，他出生時就毀了容，使他躲在絲綢面具，他無可救藥愛上了一個從不認真希望得到對方回報年輕女子。