Gaston Leroux
- Books on site
- 2
- Total words
- 158,007
- Reading time
- 8.8 h
- Years covered
- 1907–1910
- Longest
- The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux (1868-1927) was a Paris courtroom reporter before he was a novelist, and it shows: his plots turn on testimony, alibis and the things witnesses leave out. In 1907 he invented Joseph Rouletabille, an eighteen-year-old reporter-detective, in The Mystery of the Yellow Room; in 1910 he published The Phantom of the Opera, a serial from the previous year that turned the Palais Garnier into a house with a cellar nobody had mapped.
Every Gaston Leroux title on editions.ink
In publication order, with word counts and reading time. The list is generated from the book pages themselves, so a new release appears here automatically.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room
The Phantom of the Opera| Year | Title | Words | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1907 | The Mystery of the Yellow Room | 73,826 | ~5 h |
| 1910 | The Phantom of the Opera | 84,181 | ~6 h |
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Bram StokerH. G. WellsL. M. MontgomeryAgatha Christie
Questions readers ask
How many Gaston Leroux books are free on editions.ink?
There are 2 editions on the site, together about 158,007 words, or roughly 11 hours of reading. Each page has the full text as EPUB, AZW3 and KEPUB.
What is the best Gaston Leroux book to start with?
The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1907): it is the shortest complete work here, at about 4.9 hours.
Are these editions complete or abridged?
Complete. The text comes from the public-domain transcription and is checked against the printed edition named on each book page; nothing is cut, modernised or annotated away.
Which format should I download?
EPUB is the safest default for phones, tablets, Kobo and most reading apps. AZW3 suits older Kindles, and KEPUB is the Kobo-native format with better page-turn and footnote handling on a Kobo device.
Do I need an account or an app?
No. The download links are direct files served from the site; no account, newsletter or paywall is involved.
How long does The Phantom of the Opera take?
About 5.5 hours at 300 words per minute for 82,000 words — the longest title on this page. The whole list runs to roughly 10 hours.
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