歌剧院的幽灵英文版小说

1、歌剧院旳幽灵 / 詹妮弗巴塞特 著The Phantom of the Opera by Jennifer Bassett 简介你相信有鬼吗？固然不会相信。我们喜欢谈论鬼，喜欢讲述有关鬼旳故事，但我们并非真旳相信有鬼是不是？1880年，在巴黎歌剧院发生了一件不可思议旳事情：一种舞蹈演员在黑暗旳走廊里碰见了鬼。它穿越墙壁来到她旳面前，它旳脸上没有眼睛；一种舞台工人看见一种穿黑色晚礼服旳男人，但她却有一种死人般旳头颅，黄色旳面孔，并且没有鼻子；人们听到另一种房间里有声音，而那个房间却是空旳。这就是歌剧院旳幽灵一种名叫盖斯顿勒罗克斯旳法国人最早创作了这个有关歌剧院旳幽灵旳故事。她旳书很受欢迎，192

2、5年它被拍成一部美国无声电影，由出名演员朗钱尼扮演幽灵。从那后来，已经浮现了许多其她旳电影和戏剧，以及近来由安德鲁劳埃德韦伯创作旳出名旳英国音乐片。本书作者詹妮弗巴塞特是一位经验丰富旳教师和作家。她生活和工作在英国西南部旳德文郡。 1 The dancersQuick！Quick！Close the door！Its him！Annie Sorelli ran into the dressingroom， her face whiteOne of the girls ran and closed the door， and then they all turned to Annie Sorel

3、liWho？Where？Whats the matter？ they criedIts the ghost！Annie saidIn the passageI saw himHe came through the wall in front of me! Andand I saw his face！Most of the girls were afraid， but one of them， a tall girl with black hair，laughedPooh!she saidEverybody says they see the Opera ghost， but there isn

4、t really a ghostYou saw a shadow on the wallBut she did not open the door，or look into the passage.Lots of people see him， a second girl saidJoseph Buquet saw him two days ago. Dont you remember？Then all the girls began to talk at onceJoseph says the ghost is tall and he wears a black evening coatHe

5、 has the head of a dead man， with a yellow face and no noseAnd no eyes-only black holes！Then little Meg Giry spoke for the first timeDont talk about himHe doesnt like itMy mother told meYour mother？ the girl with black hair saidWhat does your mother know about the ghost？She says that Joseph Buquet i

6、s a fool The ghost doesnt like people talking about him，and one day Joseph Buquet is go ing to be sorry， very sorryBut what does your mother know？ Tell us，tell us！ all the girls criedOh dear！said MegBut please dont say a word to any oneYou know my mother is the doorkeeper for some of the boxes in th

7、e Opera HouseWell，Box 5 is the ghosts box！He watches the operas from that box，and sometimes he leaves flowers for my mother！The ghost has a box！ And leaves flowers in it！Oh， Meg，your mothers telling you stories！How can the ghost have a box？Its true， its true，I tell you！Meg saidNobody buys tickets fo

8、r Box 5， but the ghost always comes to it on opera nightsSo somebody does come there？Why，no！ The ghost comes， but there is nobody thereThe dancers looked at MegBut how does your mother know？ one of them askedTheres no man in a black evening coat， with a yellow faceThats all wrongMy mother never sees

9、 the ghost in Box 5，but she hears him！ He talks to her，but there is nobody there！And he doesnt like people talking about him！But that evening the dancers could not stop talking about the Opera ghostThey talked before the opera， all through the opera, and after the opera But they talked very quietly，

10、 and they looked behind them before they spokeWhen the opera finished，the girls went back to their dress ing-roomSuddenly，they heard somebody in the passage，and Madame Giry， Megs mother， ran into the room She was a fat，motherly woman，with a red，happy faceBut tonight her face was whiteOh girls，she cr

11、iedJoseph Buquet is dead！ You know he walks a long way down，on the fourth floor under the stageThe other stage workers found his dead body there an hour ago -with a rope around his neck！Its the ghost!cried Meg GiryThe ghost killed him！ 2 The directors of the Opera HouseThe Opera House was famous， an

12、d the directors of the Opera House were very important menIt was the first week of work for the two new directors， Monsieur Ar mand Moncharmin and Monsieur Firmin RichardIn the direc tors office the next day，the two men talked about Joseph Bu quetIt was an accident， Monsieur Armand said angrilyOr Bu

13、quet killed himselfAn accident？Killed himself？ Monsieur Firmin saidWhich story do you want，my friend？ Or do you want the sto ry of the ghost？Dont talk to me about ghosts！Monsieur Armand saidWe have 1，500 people working for us in this Opera House，and everybody is talking about the ghost Theyre all ma

14、d! I dont want to hear about the ghost， OK？Monsieur Firmin looked at a letter on the table next to himAnd what are we going to do about this letter，Armand？Do？ cried Monsieur ArmandWhy， do nothing， of course！ What can we do？The two men read the letter againIt wasnt very longTo the new directorsBecaus

15、e you are new in the Opera House，I am writing to tell you some important thingsNever sell tickets for Box 5；that is my box for every opera night Madame Giry， the door keeper， knows all about it Also，I need money for my work in the Opera HouseI am not expensive，and I am happy to take only20，000 franc

16、s a month That is all But please remem ber， I can be a good friend， but a bad enemyOGDont sell tickets for Box 5! 20，000 francs a month!Monsieur Armand was very angry againThats the best box in the Opera House， and we need the money， Firmin！ And who is this OG，eh？Tell me that！Opera Ghost，of course，M

17、onsieur tirmin saidBut youre right， Armand. We can do nothing about this letter Its a joke， a bad joke. Somebody thinks we are fools， because we are new hereThere are no ghosts in the Opera House！The two men then talked about the opera for that night It was Faust，and usually La Carlotta sang Margari

18、taLa Carlotta was Spanish，and the best singer in ParisBut today，La Carlot ta was illEverybody in Paris is going to be at the opera tonight，said Monsieur Armand，and cur best singer is illSuddenly！ She writes a letter to us just this morning-she is ill， she cannot sing tonight！Dont get angry again， Ar

19、mand， Monsieur Firmin said quickly.We have Christine Daa， that young singer from Nor wayShe can sing Margarita tonightShe has a good voiceBut shes so young， and nobody knows her！Nobody wants to listen to a new singerWait and seePerhaps Daa can sing better than La Carlot taWho knows？ 3 Christine DaaM

20、onsieur Firmin was rightAll Paris talked about the new Margarita in Faust，the girl with the beautiful voice,the girl with the voice of an angelPeople loved her.They laughed and cried and called for moreDaa was wonder ful，the best singer in the world！Behind the stage Meg Giry looked at Annie SorelliC

21、hris tine Daa never sang like that beforeshe said to AnnieWhy was she so good tonight？Perhaps shes got a new music teacher，Annie saidThe noise in the Opera House went on for a long time In Box 14，Philippe，the Comte de Chagny，turned to his younger brother and smiledWell， Raoul， what did you think of

22、Daa tonight？Raoul，the Vicomte de Chagny，was twentyone years oldHe had blue eyes and black hair，and a wonderful smileThe Chagny family was old and rich，and many girls in Paris were in love with the young VicomteBut Raoul was not interested in themHe smiled back at his brotherWhat can I say？ Christine

23、 is an angel， thats all Im going to her dressing-room to see her tonightPhilippe laughed He was twenty years older than Raoul， and was more like a father than a brotherAh， I understand，he saidYou are in love！ But this is your first night in Paris， your first visit to the opera How do you know Christ

24、ine Daa？You remember four years ago，when I was on holiday by the sea，in Brittany？Raoul saidWell， I met Christine there Iwas in love with her then，and Im still in love with her today！The Comte de Chagny looked at his brotherMmm， I see，he said slowlyWell， Raoul， remember she is only an opera singerWe

25、know nothing about her familyBut Raoul did not listenTo him，good families were not im portant，and young men never listen to their older brothersThere were many people in Christine Daas dressingroom that nightBut there was a doctor with Christine，and her beautiful face Looked white and illRaoul went

26、quickly across the room and took her handChristine！ Whats the matter？ Are you ill？ He went down on the floor by her chairDont you remember me Raoul de Chagny，in Brittany？Christine looked at him，and her blue eyes were afraidShe took her hand awayNo， I dont know youPlease go awayIm not wellRaoul stood

27、 up， his face red Before he could speak， the doc tor said quickly， Yes， yes， please go away Everybody， please leave the roomMademoiselle Daa needs to be quietShe is very tiredHe moved to the door，and soon everybody left the room.Christine Daa was alone in her dressingroomOutside in the passage the y

28、oung Vicomte was angry and unhappyHow could Christine forget him？How could she say that to him？ He waited for some minutes， then，very quietly and carefully，he went back to the door of her dressingroomBut he did not open the door， because just then he heard a mans voice in the room!Christine，you must

29、 love me！ the voice saidThen Raoul heard Christines voiceHow can you talk like that？ When I sing only for you？ Tonight， I gave everything to you， everything And now Im so tired Her voice was un happy and afraidYou sang like an angel， the mans voice saidRaoul walked awaySo that was the answer！ Christ

30、ine Daahad a loverBut why was her voice so unhappy？ He waited in the shadows near her room He wanted to see her lover-his enemy！After about ten minutes Christine came out of her room，alone， and walked away down the passage Raoul waited， but no man came out after her There was nobody in the passage，s

31、o Raoul went quickly up to the door of the dressingroom，opened it and went inHe closed the door quietly behind him，then called out：Where are you？ I know youre in here！Come out！There was no answerRaoul looked everywhere-under the chairs， behind all the clothes，in all the dark corners of the roomThere

32、 was nobody there 4 The Phantom is angryThat was Tuesday nightOn Wednesday morning Mon sieur Armand and Monsieur Firmin were happy menParis liked the new Margarita-everything in life was goodThe next opera night was Friday It was Faust again， but this time with La Carlotta singing MargaritaBy Wednes

33、day afternoon they were not so happyA second letter arrived for them-from OGWhy dont you listen to me？ I am getting angry Leave Box 5 free for me And where are my 20， 000 francs？ On Friday Daa must sing Margarita againShe is now the best singer in Paris La Carlotta cannot sing-she has a very ugly vo

34、ice，like a toadRemember， I am a bad enemy O GSo，Firmin，is this still a joke？Monsieur Armand shoutedWhat are we going to do now， eh？ Is O G the director here，or are we？Dont shout，Armand，said Monsieur Firmin tiredlyI dont know the answersLets talk to Madame Giry， the door keeper of Box 5Perhaps she ca

35、n help usBut Madame Giry was not helpfulMadame Giry was not afraid of ghosts， and she was not afraid of directors of Opera Houses.People say that youre a friend of the Opera ghost，Madame Giry， Monsieur Armand beganTell us about himSome people say he has no headAnd some people say he has no body， sai

36、d Monsieur FirminWhat do you say， Madame Giry？Madame Giry looked at the two men and laughedI say that the directors of the Opera House are fools！What！Monsieur Armand shouted He stood up，and his face was red and angryListen to me，woman-Oh， sit down， Armand，and listen， said Monsieur Firminwhy do you s

37、ay that，Madame Giry？Because，Monsieur，the Opera ghost is angry with youWhen the ghost wants something， he must have it He is clever and dangerous，this ghostThe old directors before you， they knew that，oh yes. At first they tried to stop him. Then there were many accidents in the Opera House，many stra

38、nge acci dentsAnd when did these accidents happen？ When the ghost was angry！So，the old directors learnt very quicklyThe ghost wants Box 5？ He can have it every nightThe ghost wants money？Lets give the money to him at onceOh yes，the old directors understood very wellBut we are the directors， not the

39、Opera ghost！ Monsieur Armand shoutedHe turned to Monsieur FirminThis woman is madWhy do we listen to her？ On Friday night La Carlotta is going to sing Margarita And you and I， Firmin，are going to watch the opera from Box 5 Well， we can try that， Armand But we dont want any ac cidentsMadame Giry came

40、 nearer to the two menListen to me，she said quietlyRemember Joseph Buquet？ I tell you，the Opera ghost is a good friend， but a bad enemyThe two men stared at herThose words，Monsieur Firmin said slowly，why did you say those words， Madame Giry？Because the ghost says them to me I never see him， but I of

41、ten hear himHe has a very nice voice and he doesnt shout at people 5 A letter for RaoulThat Wednesday a letter also arrived for the young Vi comte de ChagnyHe opened the letter，saw the name at the bottom， and smiled for the first time that dayDear RaoulOf course I remember you！How could I forget you

42、？Meet me on Thursday at three oclock in the Tuileries Gar densDont be angry with me，Raoul，pleaseChristine DaaRaoul put the letter carefully into his pocket. Angry？ How could he be angry with an angel？ On Thursday he was in the Tuileries Gardens by two oclockAt ten past three he began to feel unhappy

43、At half past three he wanted to die， or to kill somebodyAnd then she came She ran through the gardens to him，and in a second she was in his armsOh，Christine！he said，again and againOh， Christine！They walked through the gardens together and talked for a long time They remembered their happy weeks in B

44、rittany，four years agoBut why did you go away，Christine？ Raoul askedWhy didnt you write to me？For a minute or two Christine said nothingThen she said slowly，We were so young， you and II was just a poor singer from Norway，and youyou were the Vicomte de ChagnyI knew I could never be your wifeBut I lov

45、e you，Christine-No，shhListen to me，Raoul，pleaseI went home to Nor way，and a year later，my father diedI was very unhappy，but I came back to France，to ParisI worked and worked at my singing，because I wanted to be an opera singer Not just a good singer， but the best opera singer in ParisAnd now you are

46、， Raoul saidHe smiledAll Paris is at your feetChristine turned her face away and said nothingChristine， Raoul said quietlyI want to ask you a ques tionWho was the man in your dressingroom on Tuesday night？ Tell me，please!Christine stopped and stared at him Her face went whiteWhat man？she whisperedTh

47、ere was no man in my dress ingroom on Tuesday nightRaoul put his hand on her armI heard him， he saidI listened outside the door and heard a mans voice Who was he？Dont ask me，Raoul！There was a mans voice，yes，but there was no man in my room！ Its true！Oh，Raoul，Im so afraidSometimes I want to dieWho is

48、he？ Tell me， Christine，pleaseIm your friend，I can help youTell me his name！I cannot tell you his name Its a secret， whispered Chris tineI never see him， I only hear his voiceBut he is everywhere！ He sees everything，hears everythingThats why I didnt speak to you on Tuesday nightHe is my music teacher

49、， RaoulHes a wonderful singerI sang so well on Tuesday night because of him I am famous because of himHe is my angel of music！And he says he loves meHow can I leave him？ 6 La Carlotta sings MargaritaOn Friday morning La Carlotta had her break fast in bedShe drank her coffee and opened her morning le

50、t tersOne letter had no name on it. It was very shortYou are ill You cannot sing Margarita tonightStay at home and dont go to the Opera House. Accidents can hap penDo you want to lose your voice-for ever？La Carlotta was very， very angry. She got out of bed at once and did not finish her breakfastThi

51、s is from Christine Daa s friends， she thoughtThey want her to sing again tonightThat Daa girl is going to be sorry for this！ I，La Carlotta， I am the best opera singer in ParisAnd nothing is going to stop me singing Margarita tonight！At six oclock that evening the dancers were in their dress ing-roo

52、mThey talked and laughed and put on their red and black dresses for FaustBut Meg Giry was very quietWhats the matter，Meg？Annie Sorelli askedIts the Opera ghost，Meg saidMy mother says hes angryShes afraid that somethings going to happen tonightOh，pooh！the girl with black hair saidWhos afraid of an ol

53、d ghost？An hour later Monsieur Armand and Monsieur Firmin went into Box 5 and sat downThey were not afraid of ghosts.Of course notThere were no ghosts in the Opera HouseThen Monsieur Armand saw some flowers on the floor by the door of the boxFirmin，he whispered，did you put those flowers there？Monsie

54、ur Firmin lookedNo，I didnt，he whispered backDid you？Of course not， you fool！Shh，the musics beginningLa Carlotta did not sing for the first hourThere were no strange voices in Box 5，and the two directors began to feel happier. Then La Carlotta came out onto the stage， and Mon sieur Firmin looked at M

55、onsieur ArmandDid you hear a voice just then？ he asked quietlyNo！Monsieur Armand said，but he looked behind him twice， then three times， and suddenly felt coldLa Carlotta sang and sang， and nothing happened. Then she began a beautiful love songMy love begins to-Coack！Everybody staredWhat was the matt

56、er with Carlottas voice What was that strange noise-CoackCarlotta stopped and began the song againMy love begins to-Coack！I cannot forget my-Co-ack！It was the noise of a toad！ People began to talk and laugh. Monsieur Firmin put his head in his bandsThen he felt Mon sieur Armands hand on his armThere

57、 was a voice in the box with them！ A mans voice，laughingPoor Carlotta tried again，and againI cannot forget my-Coack！Then the two directors heard the voice again， behind them，in front of them， everywhereHer singing tonight is going to bring down the chandelier!The two directors looked up at the top o

58、f the Opera HouseTheir faces were whiteThe famous chandelier， with its thou sand lights，broke away from its ropes and crashed down on to the people belowThat was a terrible night for the Paris Opera HouseOne woman was killed by the chandelier， and many people were hurtThe Opera House closed for two

59、weeksAnd La Carlotta never sang again.7 My angel of musicFor a week Raoul saw Christine every daySome days Christine was quiet and unhappy，some days she laughed and sang. She never wanted to talk about the Opera House， or her singing， or Raouls love for her Raoul was very afraid for herWho， or what，

60、was this strange teacher，this mans voice，herangel of music？Then one day there was no ChristineShe was not at her home, not at the Opera House，not at their meeting places Raoul looked everywhere and asked everybodyWhere was Christine Daa？But nobody knewTwo days before the Opera House opened again，a l