The Phantom of the Opera: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Phantom of the Opera, credited to Gaston Leroux, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux. Read by Ralph Snelson. Christine Daae was brought up in the Paris Opera house. Her musician father suddenly dies, telling her he will send her an angel of music to look after her. She grows up and discovers that she is hearing a voice, telling her and teaching her to sing. She believes he is the angel of music but he is known in the Opera House simply as The Phantom. Although she is fascinated and drawn towards the phantom, she falls in love with her childhood sweetheart, The Vicomte de Chagny - or Raoul - but the Phantom won't take this lightly... (Summary by Ralph Snelson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Phantom of the Opera
• Author credits: Gaston Leroux
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 28
• Listed recording duration: 8:39:17

Catalogue topics

• mystery
• ghost
• opera

Opening tracks: first 24 of 28

1. 00 - Prologue — 11:11
2. 01 - Is it a Ghost? — 19:05
3. 02 - The New Margarita — 19:00
4. 03 - The Mysterious Reason — 15:49
5. 04 - Box Five — 24:29
6. 05 - The Enchanted Violin — 31:49
7. 06 - A Visit to Box Five — 5:43
8. 07 - Faust and What Followed — 26:30
9. 08 - The Mysterious Brougham — 15:18
10. 09 - At the Masked Ball — 19:28
11. 10 - Forget the Name of the Man's Voice — 10:17
12. 11 - Above the Trap-Doors — 14:30
13. 12 - Apollo's Lyre — 42:46
14. 13 - A Master Stroke of the Trap-Door Lover — 21:00
15. 14 - The Singular Attitude of a Safety Pin — 11:33
16. 15 - Christine! Christine! — 7:44
17. 16 - Mme. Giry's Revelations — 22:10
18. 17 - The Safety-Pin Again — 12:06
19. 18 - The Commissary, the Viscount and the Persian — 10:29
20. 19 - The Viscount and the Persian — 13:07
21. 20 - In the Cellars of the Opera — 29:24
22. 21 - Interesting Vicissitudes — 29:33
23. 22 - In the Torture Chamber — 14:12
24. 23 - The Tortures Begin — 13:18

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