The Phantom of the Opera - Couverture souple

Leroux, Gaston

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0199694575 ISBN 13 : 9780199694570

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Oxford World's Classics A new translation of Leroux's classic Gothic melodrama, the original novel behind Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous musical. A terrific story set in the Paris Opera House, that combines mystery, crime, adventure, detection, and tortured love, in a sparkling translation from the prize-winning editor and translator of Dumas. The only edition to combine a new translation and full editorial material which sheds light on aspects of the novel that intrigue readers. The introduction considers Leroux's life and career, the serialized fiction genre of which he was the last great exponent, and makes a case for the book as a work of considerable literary craft. Appendix on the construction of the Paris Opera helps set the novel in its architectural context. Notes explain allusions and provide illuminating contextual information.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

David Coward writes widely on the history, literature, and culture of France. A regular contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, London Review of Books, and national newspapers, he won the Scott-Moncrieff Prize for Translation in 1996. He is the author of A History of French Literature (Blackwell, 2002), and for Oxford World's Classics has translated and edited works by Dumas, Diderot, Sade, and Beaumarchais.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0199694575
• ISBN 13: 9780199694570
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 320