Black Beauty
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
28 January 1994
Summary
Described on the title-page of the first edition as ‘the autobiography of her horse, translated from the original equine’, BLACK BEAUTY was Anna Sewell’s only book, written when she was fatally ill but determined to record her passionate indignation at the insensitive behaviour of people towards animals. It has been loved by children ever since its first publication in 1877, just a few months before the death of its author, whose declared aim had been to ‘induce kindness, sym…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781857159165 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1857159160 |
| Author: | Anna Sewell |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Imprint: | Everyman's Library Children's Classics |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 28 January 1994 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 210mm x 164mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Everyman's Library CHILDREN'S CLASSICS |
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About The Author
Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell was born in 1820 and lived with her family in Norfolk and then in a village on the outskirts of London. At the age of fourteen Anna injured her ankles in a fall, and was severely disabled for the rest of her life. She had to travel everywhere in horse-drawn carriages, and so Anna was always concerned with the treatment of the animals she so relied upon. She wrote Black Beauty in order to convince a wide audience of the importance of the humane treatment of animals. It is her only novel, and Anna Sewell died shortly after its publication, little guessing how well-known and widely loved her story would become.
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