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Culture influenced Le fantôme de l'opéra (The Phantom of the Opera)
Added by · 5 August 2026
The influence
Culture
Real world
The work it shaped
Le fantôme de l'opéra The Phantom of the Opera
Book · 1911
- The Paris Opera House (Palais Garnier)
The evidence
- Leroux was fascinated by the building and its architecture.
- He incorporated real features (the underground lake, hidden passages) into the novel.
- He claimed to have investigated the Opera House as a journalist.
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