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Gaston Leroux was born on May 6, 1868 in Paris, France. He was the son of a store owner. Leroux was raised in Normandy where he spent most of his time on the coast. He loved sailing and unloading the herring catch. As a child, Gaston loved writing verse in his free time. He was educated at the College of Eu, a Normandy grammar school, and he received his degree in 1889 (Perry). Leroux studied law in order to please his father, but when his father died, Leroux refrained and began to pursue a career in writing. Leroux received an inheritance when his dad passed away, but he wasted it on drinking and gambling within a period of a year. After he had spent all of his money, Leroux began to write novels in 1909. By 1927, he has already produced two dozen newspaper serials, many shorter works, and seven plays (Gaston Leroux).
Although Leroux was best known for his novel Phantom of the Opera, which was published in 1911, it didn't attract a lot of attention at first. Gaston......

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