Richard Hughes (writer) Summary

The British author Richard Hughes (1900-1976) rose to fame in the late 1920s and 1930s upon the publication of his best-selling and critically acclaimed first novel, A High Wind in Jamaica. By the end... Read more

Readers of Richard Hughes may be surprised to find him categorized as a children's writer. Although he wrote several books of stories for children, his reputation is founded upon four novels for adult... Read more

Critical Essay by Goronwy Rees The Wooden Shepherdess is the second instalment of Richard Hughes's long historical novel, The Human Predicament, of which the first volume, The Fox in the Attic,... Read more

Critical Essay by Walter Sullivan [Richard Hughes] is anything but a flashy writer, and I must confess that I am mildly put off by his style. This, however, is only a matter of taste, and whatever pol... Read more