Black Beauty spends his youth in a loving home, surrounded by friends and cared for by his owners. But when circumstances change, he learns that not all humans are so kind. Passed from hand to hand, Black Beauty witnesses love and cruelty, wealth and poverty, friendship and hardship . . . Will the h[...]
Anna Sewell's 1877 classic "Black Beauty" is considered to be one of the foremost works in animal welfare literature and a leading work in the children's pony book genre. Narrated by the horse himself, the book follows his trials and tribulations as he passes from one owner to another and experience[...]
The classic story of a brave and noble working horse in Victorian England, retold for younger readersAnna Sewell's classic novel follows the story of Black Beauty, a horse that overcomes danger and cruelty to eventually find a loving home. He has a series of masters who are often cruel and thoughtle[...]
Anna Sewell's Black Beauty was an immediate success on its publication in 1877, and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies. Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat, a white foot and a silver star on his forehead. Seen through his eyes, the story tells of his idyllic upbringing an[...]
"Black Beauty" tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow, to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman, to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, nineteenth-century manner--against animal maltreatment. Young [...]
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Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but long enough to see her only novel[...]
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but long enough to see her only novel[...]
Hästen Black Beauty berättar själv om sitt liv i 1800-talets England. Han får uppleva både hur det är att vara ett väl omhändertaget föl ute på landet och att dra hästdroska inne i London. Han blir såld flera gånger och lär känna olika sorters människor, både snälla och dumma. Boke[...]
This story of a thoroughbred horse's adventures of life, cruel misfortunes and ultimate triumph, remains a favorite among young listeners.[...]