The Manxman is an 1896 novel by the British writer Hall Caine. It was a major success and sold half a million copies by 1913 and was translated into twelve languages.[1] The Prime Minister Lord Rosebery observed "It will rank with the great works of English literature".[1] It helped to establish the Isle of Man as one of the literary landscapes of Britain.[1]
The novel was adapted twice for silent films. In 1917 George Loane Tucker directed The Manxman and in 1929 Alfred Hitchcock made The Manxman which was his last silent film.