Le Fantome de l’Opera by Gaston Leroux is about a Swedish violinist’s daughter named Christine Daae who had lost her father some time ago. She lives at the Paris Opera House and she has lately taken singing lessons from a mysterious presence that calls himself “The Angel of Music” who her father had promised to send her. She believes this to be her father’s spirit. Christine’s childhood boyfriend named Raoul suddenly comes back to her life and eventually they get engaged. Christine’s “Angel of Music” turns out to be a mortal man whose face is horribly disfigured and who also has haunted the opera house as the “phantom”. He’s been living under the opera house in its cellars for years and is obsessively in love with Christine. He kidnaps Christine and Raoul must try to save her at the very bottom of the opera house. Raoul saves Christine and they live happily ever after. After Christine’s death years later, Raoul notices a red rose with a diamond ring on her grave that looks exactly like the ring the phantom gave to Christine (the phantom really did leave the ring and rose) meaning the phantom is still alive and will never ever stop loving Christine – even after she’s long gone. The Novel “Le Fantome de l’Opera” was somewhat easy to read. I also enjoyed the book 100%. I ‘am absolutely a huge “Phantom of the Opera” fan and forever will be. The plot is so romantic and mysterious to me. I did have to look up a few words, not so many though. The author Gaston Leroux definitely did have “Langan’s Four Steps to Good Writing”. The incident I was most affected by was when Christine chose Raoul over the phantom. I really think she should have stayed with the phantom. What I learned from reading the novel is that when it all comes down to the wire, people really just want to be loved for who they are. I would definitely read more novels by the author and recommend the novel to friends; I assume all of Gaston Leroux’s novels are superior.