The Phantom of the Opera is a Gothic horror novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serial in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909 to 8 January 1910, and was released in volume
One of the five watercolors by André Castaigne illustrating the first American edition of the Phantom of the Opera (1911)
Gaston Leroux Le Fantôme de l'Opéra
Erik is the titular central character of Gaston Leroux's Le Fantôme de l'Opéra, best known to English speakers as The Phantom of the Opera. The character has been adapted to alternative media several
The Phantom of the Opera (novel)
…drops into the audience, killing a spectator. The Phantom, having abducted Christine from her dressing room, reveals himself as a deformed man called Erik. Erik intends to hold her prisoner in his lair with him for a few days. Still, she causes him to change his plans when she unmasks him and, to the…
Lon Chaney as Erik, The Phantom, in Universal's 1925 silent film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera