Talk:The Phantom of the Opera (novel)

Expansion
This article is missing a great deal of information on its subject and is vastly underdeveloped. It is probably the most underdeveloped article on an important piece of literature on this site. There is so much information that needs to be added to this article including information on the novel's development, reaction, interpretations, adaptions and other important pieces of information. All of these additions needs to happen in order for this article to meet Wikipiedia's standards of a well developed article.--Paleface Jack (talk) 20:22, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

Plan of Action for The Phantom of the Opera
We will look over the plot section of this article and try to make it more concise than it is right now. This will help with the ease of reading, while also giving more attention to other sections of the article. We want to add critical receptions within this article to help with the context of how this novel was reviewed and thought of at the time. The amount of references on this page are limited and we want to find more scholarly articles to help strengthen the content in the article as well as build the credibility of it. With this new research done, we hope to be able to build new sections into the article such as themes, influences, awards, etc. This can help the readers learn more about the novel and it's origins rather than just reading the plot.

Bibliography Ctweeten (talk) 22:42, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Bingham, Megan. "A History of Classic Monsters: The Phantom of the Opera | Librarypoint." Librarypoint | The Central Rappahannock www.librarypoint.org/famous-monsters-phantom-opera
 * Hall, Ann C. Phantom Variations: The Adaptations of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera, 1925 to the Present. Mcfarland & Co, 2009.
 * Fisher Digital Publications | St. John Fisher College Research, fisherpub.sjfc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1063&context=nepca.
 * "The Phantom of the Opera." Penguin Random House South Africa, www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/phantom-opera/9780141191508.
 * "Where the Phantom Was Born: the Palais Garnier." Telegraph.co.uk, 17 Feb. 2010, www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/7244338/Where-the-Phantom-was-born-the-Palais-Garnier.html.
 * "The Phantom of the Opera: Myth Versus Reality." CMUSE, 22 July 2016, www.cmuse.org/the-phantom-of-the-opera-myth-versus-reality/. (Maybe)
 * "The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux : Prologue." EBooks@Adelaide (archive), https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/l/leroux/gaston/phantom-of-the-opera/prologue.html (Maybe)
 * Haining, Peter. “The Man Who Created the Phantom.” The Phantom of the Opera - Official Website, Sept. 1986, www.thephantomoftheopera.com/the-inspiration/.
 * Fitzpatrick, Sean. “The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux: Triumphant Tragedy.” Crisis Magazine, 26 Jan. 2017, www.crisismagazine.com/2017/phantom-opera-gaston-leroux-triumphant-tragedy.
 * Myers, Cathleen. “THE PHANTOM'S EVOLUTION.” PEERS, http://peersdance.org/revphant.html.
 * “The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, Annotated Edition.” Edited by Mireille Ribiere, Mireille Ribiere Writings, Photographs, 2014, www.mireilleribiere.com/the-phantom-of-the-opera/an-unsettling-unsettled-novel/.
 * “The Phantom of the Opera (Literature).” TV Tropes, [tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera].

Invitation for Future Editors
As we worked on this project, we had big plans for what we were hoping to improve to make this article better for the public, however; we didn't get to everything that we wanted and we have some suggestions of what we were hoping to get to. First, we think that this plot needs to be shortened so that it is more concise. We know that the plot is important to have, but the amount of detail that is incorporated into it seems to not be necessary. We also noticed that the entire book is available for people to read on Wikisource, so Wikipedia users can use that if they need to better understand the plot. When some of the plot is taken out, more focus can be placed on other aspects in the article such as themes, background, receptions, etc. Another aspect to help build the credibility of the article would be to go more in-depth with the themes of the novel and give more information there. We have begun this process, but being able to give more details about each theme would be helpful to the readers. Research further into receptions of the novel to get more reviews on the book when it came out as well as how it is viewed now would be insightful to add to our critical reception section. Being able to find more receptions to help build this section would help readers see how the book was viewed in 1911 as well as how scholars and readers view it now.Hterry08 (talk) 22:14, 6 May 2018 (UTC)

Pratchett Notes
I contributed a short note about Terry Pratchett's book Maskerade which is obviously based on Leroux's book. There is also at least one stage adaptation of Maskerade available, this by Stephen Briggs. Being relatively ignorant of Wikipedia's editing conventions, and too lazy to read all about them, I was disappointed to find my contribution removed by Doniago due to my having used another Wikipedia article as reference. O Tempora, O Mores!

I'm not sure just how to prove the existence of a book I'm holding in my hand, other than by throwing it at somebody. I held Briggs's adaptation in my hand recently, but have since passed it on to a friend who I hoped would consider producing it. Perhaps somebody who reads this will consider it important to remedy the omission in this article and show me how it's done. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anan Isapta (talk • contribs) 00:37, 27 December 2019 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 20:15, 20 March 2023 (UTC)