Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Name: Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
Author: Anna Sewell
ISBN: 9781909438996

Author: Anna Sewell
Series: Timeless Classics
Language: English
Length: 164 pages
ISBN: 9781909438996
Published: 15 September 2012
Imprint: Sovereign

Anna Sewell
Black Beauty
pony
horse
kindness
sympathy
children
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The novel, Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell, tells the story of a horse's life from birth to death. The horse, which is black, is named Black Beauty and is owned by different people throughout his life. The novel highlights the harsh realities of working-class life in England during the 1800s. It also promotes the virtues of kindness, compassion, and self-respect.

Author

Anna Sewell (1820–1878) wrote Black Beauty, a horse's autobiography that changed how readers felt about cruelty. Lame for much of her adult life, she knew dependence and pain from the inside; the novel asks you to live in a body that cannot speak except through the page. Cab horses, bearing reins, kindness, and the long road: Sewell made animal welfare a story, not a tract.

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Audiobook · English · Sovereign9781802560046