What is The Deemster?
{{EngvarB|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox book | name = The Deemster | image = 'The Deemster' by Hall Caine - Spine detail.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = 1921 edition, cover deisgn on front board | author = Hall Caine | country = UK | language = English | publisher = [[Chatto & Windus]] | pub_date = 1887 | media_type = Print (hardcover) | pages = 365 pp ''(1921 edition)'' }} '''''The Deemster''''' is a novel by '''Hall Caine''' published in 1887. It is the first '[[Manx]] novel'. It was Caine's third novel, the second to be set in the [[Isle of Man]]. It was his first big success. The plot is about the reckless actions of Dan Mylrea and his [[exile]] and [[atonement]]. Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine [[CH]] [[KBE]] (14 May 1853 – 31 August 1931), usually known as 'Hall Caine', was a British writer. He was a [[novelist]], [[dramatist]], [[short story]] writer, [[poet]] and [[critic]] of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Caine wrote fifteen novels on subjects of [[adultery]], [[divorce]], [[domestic violence]], [[illegitimacy]], [[infanticide]], religious [[bigotry]] and [[women's rights]]. His books sold in total about ten million copies. He was the most highly paid novelist of his day. {{DEFAULTSORT:Deemster, The}} [[Category:British novelists]] [[Category:1880s books]]