Gaston Leroux
Leroux was a French novelist who wrote in the Gothic style—a type of prose that gave primacy to the irrational and inexplicable, and a reaction to the calculated, progressive, and scientific aura of Victorian-era literature. He is best known for his 1910 work, The Phantom of the Opera, which gained more fame decades later through various film renditions, and most notably through Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatrical version (that in 2005 became the longest-running Broadway show in history).
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