<P> The Phantom of the Opera ( French : Le Fantôme de l'Opéra ) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux . It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from 28 September 1909 , to 8 January 1910 . It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte . The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil 's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber 's 1841 production of Der Freischütz . It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations , most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney , and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's 1986 musical . </P>
<P> The Phantom of the Opera ( French : Le Fantôme de l'Opéra ) is a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux . It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from 28 September 1909 , to 8 January 1910 . It was published in volume form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte . The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the nineteenth century and an apocryphal tale concerning the use of a former ballet pupil 's skeleton in Carl Maria von Weber 's 1841 production of Der Freischütz . It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film adaptations , most notable of which are the 1925 film depiction featuring Lon Chaney , and Andrew Lloyd Webber 's 1986 musical . </P>
who wrote the original story of phantom of the opera
who wrote the original story of phantom of the opera
Gaston Leroux
Gaston Leroux