Phantom of the Opera歌聲魅影

Recently, I watched several high school productions of the musical "The Phantom of the Opera". It aroused my interest to read this popular novel.
The story has a very promising start. There were rumours about a ghost in the Paris Opera House. Someone said that the figure has no face. Someone said that it was a skull. Someone said the ghost was in the Box 5 during performance.  
On the other hand, there was a new young singer in the Opera. Her name was Christine Daae. Her beautiful voice attracted a young noble, Raoul. Actually Raoul knew Christine when they were still children. Now Raoul fell in love with Christine. However, he found that Christine had a mysterious relationship with Erik, the masked man in the Opera.
Erik took Christine to the house on the lake under the Opera House and forced her to marry him. Raoul was trapped in a room and was going to drown. Will Christine agree to marry Erik in order to save Raoul? 
Caston Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" (F LER) is a very exciting story. There are film and stage versions of the novel. The most famous stage version is Lloyd Webber's production. You will definitely love the beautiful songs in the musical. This novel is now available in the school library.

最近我觀賞了幾部外國高中製作的「歌聲魅影」音樂劇，觸發我閱讀原著小說的興趣。
故事起首已引人入勝：巴黎歌劇院傳來鬧鬼傳聞，有人說它沒有面孔，有人說它是一具骷髏，有人說演出時它會在5號包箱出現。

另一方面，歌劇院新來了一位年輕女歌手，她的名字是Christine。她動聽的聲線吸引了年輕貴族Raoul。其實Raoul年幼時已認識Christine。現在他愛上了Christine，但是卻發現Christine跟劇院中的面具男人Erik有神秘的關係。
Erik帶Christine到劇院地底湖泊的小屋，又強迫她下嫁。Raoul被囚禁在當中的房門快要淹死，Christine會否為了拯救Raoul而答應嫁給Erik？
Caston Leroux的《歌聲魅影》(F LER)故事緊張刺激，多次改編為電影和舞台劇版本，其中最著名的應是Lloyd Webber製作的音樂劇，你一定會喜愛當中動聽的樂曲。這本小說現可於圖書館外借。