Since the Phantom of the Opera is one of my favourite subjects to dive into I have decided to read different translations. This Bantam translation by Lowell Bair cut some of the very flowery language and replaced it with some more direct - but still beautiful writing. I will admit that I missed some of those flowery writing details, when i compare to my experience reading the Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation. I enjoyed this translation and my reread of this story. My feelings on this are still the same as my previous read of this story.