"And, despite the care which she took to look behind her at every moment, she failed to see a shadow which followed her like her own shadow, which stopped when she stopped, which started again when she did and which made no more noise than a well-conducted shadow should."
Inspired by true events, Gaston Leroux's masterpiece of jealousy and obsession has captivated audiences since the early 1900s. With its dark, complex characters and enchanting descriptions of the opera world, The Phantom of the Opera remains one of the most popular works of Gothic horror of all time.
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