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A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren Hughes is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A High Wind in Jamaica about?

"After a terrible hurricane levels their Jamaican estate, the Bas-Thorntons decide to send their children back to the safety and comfort of England. On the way their ship is set upon by pirates, and the children are accidentally transferred to the pirate vessel. Jonsen, the well-meaning pirate captain, doesn't know how to dispose of his new cargo, while the children adjust with surprising ease to their new life. As this strange company drifts around the Caribbean, events turn more frightening and the pirates find themselves increasingly incriminated by the children's fates. The most shocking betrayal, however, will take place only after the return to civilization.". "The swift, almost hallucinatory action of Hughes's novel, together with its provocative insight into the psychology of children, made it a best seller when it was first published in 1929 and has since established it as a classic of twentieth-century literature - an unequaled exploration of the nature, and limits of innocence."--BOOK JACKET.

Who reads A High Wind in Jamaica?

Author

Richard Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren Hughes

Publisher

New York: Perennial Library

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780940322158

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Adventure

Rating

3.79 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14