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Hall Caine
Vivien Allen
其他書名
Portrait of a Victorian Romancer
出版Sheffield Academic Press, 1997
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralLiterary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
ISBN18507569539781850756958
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=-UdaAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This first full biography of the Victorian romantic novelist Hall Caine traces his life from childhood in Liverpool, through his time as 'housemate' to Dante Gabriel Rossetti and association with members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood to his triumphant career as a popular novelist. Caine, a swashbuckling character who might have figured in one of his own novels, wrote fifteen novels and many non-fiction works. Vivien Allen has been able to take advantage of Caine's family papers and letters and, living in the Isle of Man, is well placed to write about this half-forgotten author of Manx desc.