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The Phantom of the Opera (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))

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First, this is an adaptation of the original story written by Leroux. It's a good way to get kids interested in the Phantom of the Opera. I read this first, before I read the original novel. And I have to tell you, I read the book in one day! Seriously, for some reason I remember that, and a friend of mine read it in only a few hours. It's a very good book and the pictures are nice, too, wonderful black-and-white ink pictures that go very nicely with the story.

If you want to get your child interested in Phantom of the Opera I would suggest that you have him or her read this.

It's a lot easier to understand than the original novel. And if he or she wants to read the original then, they can. It's a really great book.It explains a lot of stuff that wasn't there in the musical.

This version of The Phantom of the Opera is an excellent one for beginning readers and adults as well. For beginners, it is an easy-to-understand way to introduce the classic work. But this is also true for older readers. The unabridged version is an excellent book, but it might be hard to follow or just plain intimidating for many readers. Reading the Stepping Stone version first will give a clear understanding of the book. For instance, time jumps around in the regular version - and the history of the Phantom isn't even given until the very end. The Stepping Stone version proceeds from start to finish with the normal time frame. Readers who enjoy the book, will find the transition to reading the "real" book much easier. Stepping Stones are a great way to ease kids and adults into classic reads.

If you're looking for a scary love story, then this is the book for you! Eric has the voice of an angel but the face of a monster. When he takes his ask off people scream and run away. So, he hides himself away in the bottom of the opera house.

Eric falls in love with a beautiful singer named Christine. Christine is forced to love him but she loves another man named Raul. Raul knows about the phantom and wants to hurt him.

The phantom scares everybody by turning the lights off and tacks Christine to his dungeon there she sees Raul in the dungeon...but you will have to read the book to hear the ending.

I adore this book. I first read it the summer before my sophomore year in high school, it took three days for me to get all the way through it. THen I picked it up again between my freshmen and sophomore years in college and it took about two days to get through it. The development of the relationship between Christine and the Phantom was one of the great catching points in the book. The way that Raoul's jelousy is described is so vivid that I start to feel the same way. I have been very glad that I read this book, and I look forward to reading it again.

I like the Phantom, because he made the book interesting. The Phantom was a sad person. The beginning of the book wasn't as good as the end of the book, though.

Even for a paperback this book is somewhat flimsy. Also, the text is somewhat clumsy and disjointed. I was buying this book to see how Stepping Stone books are as an introduction to classics for my grandkids and I don't think I'll be buying any more.

This review is about the book the Phantom of the Opera I hope you like it.In the early years of the phantoms life's he was s beaten and jeered at home,how could the phantom get away.

The only way for a getaway the phantom could see was to run away.One day the phantom [who always wears a mask] went into a freak show and was offered a job.His act was called The Living dead boy.He soon made himself star.

He was one day asked to perform for a king!The living dead boy performs so well that he and and the boy become friends [or so he thought].One day he heard the king talking to a guard telling him to kill the phantom.The phantom got out as fast as he could.

The phantom was now called The phantom of the opera.The phantom of the opera now lives in a opera.He is feared and because of this he gets money and free seats.[He is feared because people think he's a phantom. He soon falls in love for a girl who sings in the opera.

The phantom at the opera soon finds out that the girl loves someone else this makes the the phantom of the opera almost kill the girl's love and blow-up the opera house but, he comes to his senses and let the lover go and does not blow up the opera house but his love for the girl kills him in the end.

I like this book and I recommend it to people who like good books that keep them guessing till the end.So get this book, don't come home with out the phantom of the opera.

Don't Buy This.If you are looking for the real Phantom Of The Opera,you have not found it.This is just some small 50 page book that leaves all that is great about Leroux's book out.First off,it is told from Erik's point of view and gives all the major plot points out at the begining and that takes away from the whole mystery that the original novel was based on.Go and search again for the ACTUAL novel!