#given that the phantom was published 13ish? years after dracula

[basterbinkers]

one thing that i find fascinating about (re)reading the phantom of the opera after reading dracula is how, in a sense, they reflect each other. dracula begins with a man who we eventually discover to be a monster in the purest sense. the phantom of the opera begins with a myth, a legend of a monster, who, over the book, we find to be nothing but a man, but still sad, twisted, and depraved.

#i have. Many thoughts. about the phantom of the opera #given that the phantom was published 13ish? years after dracula #i wonder how (if at all) leroux may have been influenced by it #dracula #phantom of the opera #dracula daily #this has been a psa to read the phantom of the opera (the book) #bastertalks