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(Novelist) Hall Caine was a prolific British writer known for tackling controversial subjects in his novels, plays, and poems during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He gained immense popularity and sold over ten million books, making him an international literary sensation. Caine was the highest-paid novelist of his era and had many successful plays and film adaptations of his works. Additionally, he served in the Manx House of Keys and made significant contributions to the British war effort in World War I.