Gaston Leroux Libri

Joseph Rouletabille, giornalista investigatore, riceve un drammatico messaggioda Robert Darzac, che lo prega di raggiungerlo quanto prima e con la massimadiscrezione. Darzac è da poco sposato con Mathilde Stangerson e pare chequalcuno voglia distruggere la felicità dei due. Rouletabille riuscirà adistricare la complicata vicenda, ma non senza amarezza.

Dal cannibalismo agli omicidi più efferati, dal marito che ghigliottina la propria consorte alla povera fanciulla che scopre di aver sposato un boia, le sei storie macabre raccolte in questo volume costituiscono un eccezionale campionario di orrori, un autentico gioiello della narrativa macabra, firmato dall'autore dell'ormai classico Il fantasma dell'Opera .

With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. The Phantom of the Opera, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple modals, adverbs and gerunds. Illustrations support the text throughout, and many titles at this level are graphic novels. The phantom lives under the opera house in Paris, and he does bad things. He loves Christine, but she saw his face. Now she can never leave him.

Everyone in Paris was talking about the ghost at the Opera who was so mysterious and could not be seen. The managers and the lovers suffered from the Phantom but unable to solve the mystery behind it. You will want to solve the mystery behind the unusual events by passing through the secret corridors and trap-doors in the Opera and find out the reality behind the ghost. Maybe you will love him or hate him when you learn his story.

In this sequel to Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, the young lovers, Christine and Raoul, leave the Phantom in his lair under the Opera House. After faking his own death to escape the authorities, the Phantom sets out to find Christine again, eventually following her to London. With a detective after the Phantom and Christine endangered when Jack the Ripper begins his killing spree not far from Christine's home, the Phantom must put his life at risk for his love.Will Christine -- desperate for song (which her husband, Raoul, has forbidden in his jealousy) -- finally open her heart to the Phantom as he desires?

One of the defining novels of the entire crime genre, Gaston Leroux's The Mystery of the Yellow Room has inspired readers and writers including Agatha Christie and John Dickson Carr, and is now republished in hardback in the Detective Club series with a brand new introduction.

Joseph Rouletabille, a resourceful reporter and amateur detective, faces a new challenge when Mathilde Stangerson, recently married, reaches out with alarming news about a resurrected threat from their past. This gripping tale weaves mystery and suspense, showcasing Rouletabille's investigative prowess as he navigates danger linked to the elusive criminal Ballmeyer. Celebrated for its intricate plot and engaging characters, the novel stands as a hallmark of early 20th-century detective fiction, drawing comparisons to the works of Sherlock Holmes.