The Manxman (novel)
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| Author | Hall Caine |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 3 August 1894 |
| Publication place | England |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 439 pp (first edition) |
The Manxman is a novel by Hall Caine, first appearing as a serial in The Queen, The Lady's Newspaper and Court Chronicle between January and July 1894. Published as one volume in August 1894 by Heinemann, The Manxman ended the system of three-volume novels. A highly popular novel of its period, it was set in the Isle of Man and concerned a romantic triangle. The novel has as its central themes, the mounting consequences of sin and the saving grace of simple human goodness.