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 | Jan 16, 2006 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 28, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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