What it's about

Strange things happen at the Paris Opera: a chandelier falls, a stagehand is found hanged, and the managers receive letters from a ghost who demands his own box. The young singer Christine Daaé is taught by a voice she calls the Angel of Music, and her childhood friend Raoul follows her into the cellars below the stage. A gothic mystery, in an early English translation.

Reading plan

Pick a finish date and Genius lays out the days — the plan shows today's target and keeps you honest.

Read together

Start a circle and share the code — everyone sees everyone's honest place in the book. Accountability, not leaderboards.

Who it's for

- Readers who like gothic mystery and romance - Anyone who knows the musical and wants the original - Readers who enjoy stories set in a real, famous building

What’s inside

1
Chapter I Is it the Ghost?
14 min
2
Chapter II The New Margarita
14 min
3
Chapter III The Mysterious Reason
11 min
4
Chapter IV Box Five
18 min
5
Chapter V The Enchanted Violin
25 min
6
Chapter VI A Visit to Box Five
4 min
7
Chapter VII Faust and What Followed
18 min
8
Chapter VIII The Mysterious Brougham
11 min
9
Chapter IX At the Masked Ball
15 min
10
Chapter X Forget the Name of the Man's Voice
8 min
11
Chapter XI Above the Trap-Doors
11 min
12
Chapter XII Apollo's Lyre
33 min
13
Chapter XIII A Master-Stroke of the Trap-Door Lover
15 min
14
Chapter XIV The Singular Attitude of a Safety-Pin
8 min
15
Chapter XV Christine! Christine!
6 min
16
Chapter XVI Mme. Giry's Astounding Revelations as to Her Personal
16 min
17
Chapter XVII The Safety-Pin Again
8 min
18
Chapter XVIII The Commissary, The Viscount and the Persian
7 min
19
Chapter XIX The Viscount and the Persian
9 min
20
Chapter XX In the Cellars of the Opera
24 min
21
Chapter XXI Interesting and Instructive Vicissitudes of a Persian in
21 min
22
Chapter XXII In the Torture Chamber
9 min
23
Chapter XXIII The Tortures Begin
9 min
24
Chapter XXIV "Barrels! ... Barrels! ... Any Barrels to Sell?"
17 min

Showing the first 24 of 26 chapters — open the book for the rest.

The Phantom of the Opera

What it's about

Reading plan

Read together

Who it's for

What’s inside

What readers say

Read next

The Phantom of the Opera

What it's about

Reading plan

Read together

Who it's for

What’s inside

What readers say

Read next