ˌPhantom of the ˈOpera, The
(1910) a book by the French writer Gaston Leroux about a frightening man whose face has been disfigured (disfigure) and who wears a mask to hide it. He kidnaps a beautiful opera singer because he loves her. Several films and plays have been based on the story, and Andrew Lloyd Webber made it into a successful musical in 1986.

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