(There are worse things.) For some, for very few even, The Phantom of the Opera is a 1911 crime novel by Gaston Leroux-a ghost of a story sentenced to the dark dungeons of forgotten literature only to haunt its adaptations with invisible, ironic obscurity, lost in its own legacy, tragic in its triumph. (More’s the pity.) For many, The Phantom of the Opera is Lon Chaney, Claude Rains, Universal Studios and Hammer Horror. Chief among these is that reading is enriching even when it is entertaining, and recreational reading should be stimulating rather than stultifying, for all literature worth reading infuses pulp with some soul.įor most, The Phantom of the Opera is a bombastic Broadway show by Andrew Lloyd Webber. In other words, there are many books which are good but not great-and many of these are worth reading for several reasons. All great literature is well written, but not all that is well written is great literature.
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