Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

"Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell is a novel published in 1877. Told as an autobiography narrated by a horse, it follows Black Beauty from his carefree days as a foal through hardships as a working horse in London to eventual retirement. Through the horse's perspective, the story reveals both cruelty and kindness in Victorian England's treatment of animals. Each chapter presents moral lessons about compassion and respect, not only toward horses but toward all beings. The groundbreaking novel became an immediate bestseller and remains one of history's most-read books. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878
Title Black Beauty
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Beauty
Credits Produced by A. Light, Linda Bowser, and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.8 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
LoC Class PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject Historical fiction
Subject Horses -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction
Subject Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
Category Text
EBook-No. 271
Release Date
Most Recently Updated Jan 28, 2021
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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