He came into contact with, and was influenced by, many of the leading personalities of the day.

A man of striking appearance, he travelled widely and used his travels to provide the settings for some of his novels. To this end he published a number of serious works but these had little success. Caine acted as secretary to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and at one time he aspired to become a man of letters. His novels were primarily romantic in nature, involving the love triangle, but they did also address some of the more serious political and social issues of the day. In his time he was exceedingly popular and at the peak of his success his novels outsold those of his contemporaries. He is best known as a novelist and playwright of the late Victorian and the Edwardian eras. A man of striking appearance, he travelled widely and used his travels to provide the Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (1853-1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was an English author.

Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE (1853-1931), usually known as Hall Caine, was an English author.

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