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Three young men are caught by a storm and are offered shelter by a strange man. Something about him is very disturbing and they are about to find out what it is. Their host claims that he has made a pact with the Devil and can't get himself out of the deal. Is he going crazy or he is telling the truth? If it is the truth, can the three visitors help the poor man? Find out in Leroux’s "In Letters of Fire". B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories.

A man named Adolphe visits Leroux at his office at the Morning Journal and delivers to him a chest that was bequeathed to him by his friend Theophraste Longuet. Leroux begins investigating its contents and relates the very strange experience of Longuet. While visiting a famous prison, Theophraste Longuet, a retired rubber stamp manufacturer, is possessed by the spirit of Cartouche, a criminal who plagued Paris in the 18th century.

Christine is a young singer in the chorus at the Paris Opera. She hears an unseen voice that sings and speaks to her, which she believes is an angel. The voice agrees with this and offers to teach her more about music. The voice, however, belongs to a disfigured genius, Erik, who lives in the basement of the Opera house.

Erik is an accomplished composer and musician whose great unfinished work, Don Juan Triumphant, is described as breathtakingly beautiful by the one person he allows to hear it. Erik is an object of pity, whose face has been disfigured from birth, causing him to hide behind a silk mask; and he is hopelessly in love with a young woman. He can never seriously hope she will love him back.

Marco Todisco legge Il mistero della camera gialla di Gaston Leroux, un audiolibro della collana Anche i giovani leggono i classici, con cui Audiolibri Salani propone grandi classici della letteratura internazionale interpretati da celebri volti giovani in una chiave moderna e coinvolgente. Un classico che Agatha Christie definì “un capolavoro” del genere giallo costruito intorno a un omicidio commesso all’interno di una camera chiusa ermeticamente.

This 19th century French thriller tells of the mysterious Erik, grotesque and elusive "phantom," who hides himself from the world in the labyrinthine bowels of the Paris Opera and entices with his angelic voice the beautiful opera singer Christine. Her abduction prompts a dramatic search not only for her, but also for the truth about her strange captor.

Raymond, el joven ingeniero francés llega a Lima donde su prometida Maria Teresa domina el comercio del guano de la región y se encuentra con lo que al principio no parecía más una cierta hostilidad por parte de los indios y que después se va convirtiendo en algo totalmente distinto, inimaginable, porque?

Tief unten in den Katakomben der Pariser Oper haust das »Phantom der Oper«, eine düstere Gestalt mit entstelltem Antlitz. Niemand bekommt das Phantom je zu Gesicht, auch nicht, wenn es in der Loge Nr. 5 den Klängen der Musik lauscht. Doch als es seiner Loge beraubt wird und seine Angebetete, die Chorsängerin Christine, ihre Verlobung mit dem Grafen Raoul bekannt gibt, verfällt das Phantom endgültig dem Wahnsinn und bringt alle in tödliche Gefahr.

“Misterio del cuarto amarillo" es clásico de la literatura policiaca y de intriga en la que su protagonista, el periodista Rouletabille se ve enfrentado al reto de despejar un enigma aparentemente irresoluble, un crimen contra Mathilde Stangerson, hija soltera y ya mayor de un científico, el doctor Stangerson. Los hechos ocurrieron en el castillo del Glandier un edificio muy antiguo y una habitación cerrada escuchar los gritos de auxilio de la víctima desde su interior, disparos, ruidos de golpes y muebles que se caen, pero nadie puede entrar a socorrer a la joven que está siendo atacada.

En Suisse, sur les pentes d'un sommet du Jura, on rencontre une auberge qui a une sinistre réputation. Les anciens propriétaires de l'établissement, les Weisbach, auraient assassiné des voyageurs. Les habitants de la région s'étaient bien doutés de quelque chose, mais les Weisbach terrorisaient si bien toute la région qu'ils n'avaient jamais été inquiétés. Les nouveaux propriétaires de l'auberge profitent de cette réputation pour s'enrichir : car tout le monde veut aller boire un verre dans "l'auberge du sang".

La obra cuenta la historia de un misterioso personaje apodado como "El Fantasma" que vive en el edificio del Palacio de la ópera Garnier. El tenebroso protagonista vive atormentado por su deformidad y fealdad, siente una gran pasión por la música y lucha para satisfacer su pasión por la belleza. Así es como se enamora de la joven y bella vocalista Christine Daaé. Para conseguir a la joven, el Fantasma revive su pasado de inventor de trampas y mazmorras, y vuelve a ser un ser de tinieblas.

Más de 25 horas de audiolibros: CORAZÓN INDIO, de Nieves Herrero; LA ESPOSA DEL SOL, de G. Leroux; EL ESCARABAJO DE ORO, de Edgar Allan Poe; y MANAOS, de Alberto Vázquez Figueroa.

In the hollow of a terrible storm, four hunters meet a melancholy madman who offers them shelter. But has this man really lost his mind, or is he laboring under the burden of a terrible curse?

Theophrastus Longuet, a retired rubber stamp manufacturer in Paris, enjoys a peaceful life with his beloved wife Marceline and their longtime friend M. Lecamus. However, tranquility is shattered when the malevolent spirit of Cartouche, a notorious brigand executed in 1721, threatens to disrupt their idyllic existence. As a perfect storm brews, the trio must confront the haunting legacy of the past, and even the enigmatic Mage, M. Eliphas de Saint-Elme de Taillebourg de la Nox, lurking in his mysterious underground crypt, may not be enough to save them from their impending fate. (Summary by ...

A baffling series of incidents at the majestic Paris Opera sparks frightening rumors about a mysterious opera ghost. Performers are ill-at-ease when they sit alone in their dressing rooms, alleging to have seen the enigma in evening clothes moving about in the shadows. Then a young and beautiful prima donna is visited by a masked "Angel of Music" who teaches her to sing and jealously demands her devotion—but with a price. With an increasing pattern of fear and violence, the phantom of the opera begins to strike, but always with a beautiful young performer at the center of his deadly desires.

Il romanzo, che ha ispirato numerose opere cinematografiche e il famoso musical di Broadway. Il fantasma dell'Opera è uno dei romanzi più noti dello...

First published in French as a serial in 1909, "The Phantom of the Opera" is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage.

Un vieil homme, tout voûté, traînant la jambe, parcourt les rues de Paris, un panier de cacahuètes au bras. Sa silhouette est familière aux habitués des terrasses des Champs-Élysées comme à la jeunesse du quartier Latin. "Papa cacahuètes" se moque pas mal des quolibets, sur son passage. Il poursuit son bonhomme de chemin avec une idée fixe en tête. Une idée formidable ! Faire de son fils le maître de la France ! Car il a un fils, ce loqueteux !

Arigonde dit le Parisien, fric-Frac, le Caïd, le Bêcheur, Palas n'a pas pires ennemis à Cayenne et il passerait de mauvais quarts d'heure sans la protection du "dab du Pré", autrement dit le roi du bagne Chéri-Bibi. Celui-ci l'a pris en affection parce qu'il le sait injustement condamné et a décidé de l'aider à s'évader pour qu'il refasse sa vie.

La suite des aventures de Palas que nous avons laissé dans une fâcheuse situation avec Chéri-Bibi.