▁of ▁ 1 9 1 3 , ▁s elling ▁over ▁half ▁a ▁million ▁copies ▁before ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁year . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁reflection ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁success ▁that ▁Ca ine ▁continued ▁to ▁receive ▁in ▁def iance ▁of ▁his ▁critical ▁reception ▁at ▁this ▁time . ▁Most ▁marked ▁were ▁the ▁positive ▁personal ▁re actions ▁he ▁received ▁from ▁female ▁readers ▁of ▁the ▁novel , ▁apparently ▁leading ▁to ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁even ▁' year s ▁later ▁he ▁was ▁still ▁getting ▁letters ▁from ▁women ▁asking ▁how ▁he ▁knew ▁so ▁exactly ▁how ▁they ▁felt . '. ▁One ▁such ▁woman ▁wrote ▁to ▁Ca ine ▁telling ▁him ▁that : ▁ ▁" I ▁cannot ▁express ▁my ▁thoughts ▁but ▁you ▁- ▁how ▁beautiful ▁to ▁be ▁so ▁gift ed , ▁with ▁such ▁a ▁mind ▁and ▁the ▁power ▁to ▁express . ▁I ▁cannot ▁tell ▁you ▁what ▁the ▁book ▁was ▁to ▁me ." ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁was ▁to ▁remain ▁in ▁print ▁until ▁Ca ine ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁its ▁ 2 9 th ▁English ▁edition ▁and ▁had ▁been ▁translated ▁nine ▁times . ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁considered ▁of ▁such ▁importance ▁to ▁Hall ▁Ca ine ' s ▁life ▁work ▁that ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁Mary ▁O ’ Ne ill ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁characters ▁from ▁his ▁nov els ▁chosen ▁to ▁be ▁car ved ▁onto ▁his ▁grav estone ▁by ▁Arch ib ald ▁Kno x . ▁For ▁this ▁character , ▁Kno x ▁apparently ▁model led ▁Mary ' s ▁li ken ess ▁on ▁a ▁photograph ▁of ▁Hall ▁Ca ine '