When faced with the choice of true love or a soul mate, not many people would know what to choose until the last possible moment. They dream of a romantic beginning and a happily ever after ending. These are often found written in the dark and twisted romance novels. One of the many favorites is written by Gaston Leroux, and is one of his best works, The Phantom of the Opera (Le Fantôme de l'Opéra), which is a notable example of the Gothic genre, which was popular in the end of the eighteenth century and the beginning of the nineteenth century. By studying his early life,
Gaston Louis Alfred Leroux was born on 6 May 1868, in Paris, France. He was the son of Marie Alphonsine and Julien Leroux. Leroux’s grandfather owned a ship-building company in the small coastal village of St. Valery-en-Caux in Normandy, France, around the area which young Leroux grew up (Merriman). This influenced Leroux’s great love for sailing and fishing.
Leroux attended an Arts school in Caen, studying the works of Victor Hugo and Alexandre Pere and writing short stories and poetry. He later abandoned his dreams to become a writer to please his father and travelled to Paris where he obtained a law degree in 1889, but lost interest in the profession after his father passed away. He then sunk into the world of alcoholism, and after gambling almost all of his inheritance, got a job as a journalist in the L'Echo de Paris and Le Matin, where he found inspiration for the falling chandelier, by one of articles written by him which described the 1896 events surrounding the death of a patron at the Paris Opera House when one of the chandelier's counterweights fell (Merriman). Sometime between 1896 and 1901 Leroux married Marie Lefranc, but later on, while in Swi...
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In conclusion, the choice between true love and our soul mate, may not come until a long time into the future or hopefully not come at all, but if it does the decision still remains would you choose True love or your soul mate. Gaston Leroux was one of the lucky ones; he found his true love in his soul mate, Jeanne Cayatte.
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Louis L’Amour was born Louis Dearborn LaMoore on March 22, 1908 as the last of seven children. His father and mother are Dr. Louis Charles LaMoore and Emily Dearborn LaMoore, for the first fifteen years of his life Louis lived in Jamestown, North Dakota; a medium sized farming community in the valley where Pipestem Creek flows into the James River. His grandfather, Abraham Truman Dearborn, told Louis stories of battles in history and his own personal experiences as a soldier. As a child Louis spent a great deal of time in a nearby library where his eldest sister, Edna, was a librarian, he was interested in the study of History and always went beyond the scope that was taught in the schools. In addition to the study of History and Natural Sciences, Louis was interested in the fiction writings of Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, Edgar Rice Burroughs and others. The members of the L’Amour family were intelligent and had a part in Louis’ education. Emmy Lou, his sister, taught him how to read, his father taught him about animals, taught him the benefit hard work and the fact that “a man could always find a way to solve a problem”. The basics of learning he got from his mother who had once trained to be a schoolteacher, and from Edna he got insights into libraries and research. His elder brother Parker provided examples of a reporter’s speed and simplicity of prose and the public relations savvy of a veteran political aid. Yale, his second brother, showed Louis a love of life and a gift of improvisation. Louis’ adopted brother John was an example of a natural survivor, quick of wit and sharp of tongue. Hard times uprooted the family from their everyday lives and the family, the father, mother, Louis and john, had to take their fort...
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explored the genre in his 1902 Le Voyage Dans La Lune. While even as early an
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The relationship shared by Pierre and Helene is best described as a lustful charade. It is no coincidence that Pierre, one of the most introspective characters in the novel, first marries a shallow, inwardly-ugly adulterer. His first recorded attitude towards Helene is one of admira...
Verne was born on February 8th 1928, in a small city in France named Nantes.His parents were, Pierre Verne and Sophie. Pierre Verne was a prosperous lawyer and Jules was his oldest son. Born in a middle class family,Verne despised how his parents would try to achieve middle-class respectability.
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Since the internet is like a library except without the late book fees, I was able to use this as my main support for my research. As stated in my previous research paper I started with Wikipedia however, knowing that Wikipedia is not a reliable source of information, I used the resources given there to find the rest of my information. I read numerous sites about Louis Pasteur, even though I didn’t cite them; again I found the m...
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