Hey just started to read the book version and was woundering if the prologue is fiction or if Gaston Leroux is seriously talking to us about him searching for facts of a real phantom or if its just part of the story to make the setting?
Also have there ever been any opera phantoms?
2007-02-06 07:59:44 · 4 answers · asked by monkeycarter89 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I loved the book. I read it before I'd seen any movie, just after hearing the amazing music and wondering about the story behind Andrew Lloyd Weber's own music/story.
To be honest with you, I think the prologue Leroux writes is actually fiction also. It just helps the story along with making it even more believable. I'm not positive it's fiction, but I really think it is. The whole story is so sensational and fictional seeming, that it would seem he really is narrating the whole story as a story, not as actual proceedings. That's just my opinion, not fact.
2007-02-06 08:24:44 · answer #1 · answered by Kristie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the book is just as good as the movie. i don't think that any of this has actually happened for a fact. and yes i think there are stories/legends about opera phantoms but i don't think any of them have been proven true
2007-02-06 16:13:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the book, but I know the story is fiction. The opera was written by Alexander Lloyd Webber, and that was adapted into a movie, and then into a book. As far as i know, there have never been any opera phantoms, and the story is pure fiction.
2007-02-06 16:08:05 · answer #3 · answered by paintmeblue719 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
got the book last summer, ain't read it yet, it's supposed to be very fragmented, I'd say that's just part of the storyline, loved the film, great one to watch at any time
2007-02-06 16:04:38 · answer #4 · answered by D8411 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋