author: gaston leroux

Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera almost certainly qualifies as a candidate for the title of the least-read novel whose story is best-known.

... polite to the women and a little haughty to the men, who did not always ... brother, Raoul, would not hear of a division and waived their claim to their ... brother, not as a thing rightfully belonging to them, but as a dowry for which ...

Dark Fantasy Novels, Supernatural Mysteries, Horror Tales & Gothic Romances ... unremitting ardour. My cheek had grown pale with study, and my person had ... horrors of my secret toil, as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave ...

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... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine Childers, Gaston Leroux, Wilkie Collins, Earl Derr ... dummies. Like tailors' dummies they were headless; and like tailors' dummies they had a handsome unnecessary ...

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... Pross and Mr. Cruncher had discharged the office of purveyors ; the former carrying the money ; the latter , the basket . Every afternoon at about the time when the public lamps were lighted , they fared forth on this duty , and made ...

... force, or power, without the concurring aid and favour of his assisting ... cuckold, if it please God, nor shall we need to despair of the knowledge of ... cuckold, that is to say, your wife shall never be a strumpet, if you make choice ...

... force, or power, without the concurring aid and favour of his assisting ... cuckold, if it please God, nor shall we need to despair of the knowledge of ... cuckold, that is to say, your wife shall never be a strumpet, if you make choice ...

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... transient masters since he had come into the Northland had bred in him a fear that no master could be permanent . He was afraid that Thornton would pass out of his life as Perrault and Francois and the Scotch half - breed had passed out ...

... full armour to bestride him . As a cow stands lowing over her first calf , even so did yellow - haired Menelaus ... dauntless of all creatures , than are the proud sons of Panthous . Yet Hyperenor did not see out the days of his youth when he ...

... Emily Brontë, Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Henry James, Louisa May ... Gregorio and the beauty of Ana Felix were the admiration of all who were ... Gregorio, and Don Gregorio at no great length, but in a few words, in which he showed ...

... water. The water rose in the cellar, above the barrels, the powder-barrels ... dark, step by step, went up with the water. The water came out of the cellar ... rising: it was half-way to our waists! "Christine!" cried M. de Chagny ...

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... Kate Chopin, Earl Derr Biggers, Fanny Burney, Georgette Heyer, H. G. Wells ... regret your freedom . ” " And confess there is a feeling that you want to ... regret for my freedom . " " Yes , there's such a chaos in your heart just now ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine ... Hello, Mr. Winterslip," he said. "What do you think of our police force now ... Hello, Jennison," Greene said. "I'm mighty sorry about this—" "You ought to be ...

... Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine ... Mr. Saladine?" "I've been thinking about Mr. Saladine. But I can't get ... Hello, Mr. Saladine," she said. "This is Mr. Winterslip, of Boston." "Ah, yeth ...

... Mole yawn, and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house. I am frightened of ... jokes. On this particular day, whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part, she proved cruel to bores.

... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... Sister Fessue said to Sister Confite: "Providence takes a visible care of me; you know how I love my sparrow; he would have been dead if I had not said nine ave-marias to obtain his cure. God has restored my sparrow to life; thanks to ...

... Mole yawn, and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house. I am frightened of ... jokes. On this particular day, whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part, she proved cruel to bores.

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... The Phantom Ship, The Birth Mark, The Headless Horseman, The Man-Wolf, The Beetle, The Phantom of the Opera ... Chapter 1. The Grand Hall. Chapter 2. Pierre Gringoire. Chapter ... Chapter 6. Unpopularity. Book Fifth Chapter 1. Abbas Beati ...

... water rising. No one, no one in the next room, no one to turn the tap, no one to turn the scorpion! We were all alone, in the dark, with the dark water that seized us and clasped us and froze us! 'Erik! Erik!' 'Christine! Christine!' By ...

... bullet destined to go to the moon . ” " Do not let us exaggerate , my ... stability , I propose to give it a weight of 20,000 lbs . " " What will be ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . ” " Nothing is easier , " replied ...

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... The Phantom Ship, The Birth Mark, The Headless Horseman, The Man-Wolf, The Beetle, The Phantom of the Opera ... Chapter 1. The Grand Hall. Chapter 2. Pierre Gringoire. Chapter ... Chapter 6. Unpopularity. Book Fifth Chapter 1. Abbas Beati ...

... dance , will come The sound of tabour and of drum . Again to spouse and realm restored , Girt by his friends , the ... stolen wife Dearer to Ráma than his life , Chief when he saw the Lord of Night Rise slowly o'er the eastern height ...

... Mole yawn , and yet she ought to be accustomed to the social charms of the friends of the house . I am frightened of ... jokes . On this particular day , whether or not by reason of some affectation on her part , she proved cruel to bores .

... girl, who was still with Ludovico and some other of the servants, she ... rising tempest bore away the notes, and again was succeeded by a solemn ... rising wind. Their tall heads then began to wave, while, through a forest of pine, on ...

... water. And now it became a gurgling sound: "Guggle! Guggle!" We rushed to ... dark, step by step, went up with the water. The water came out of the cellar ... rising: it was half-way to our waists! "Christine!" cried M. de Chagny ...