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Black Beauty

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Black Beauty

Contributors:

By (Author) Anna Sewell

ISBN:

9781857159165

Publisher:

Everyman

Imprint:

Everyman's Library Children's Classics

Publication Date:

28th January 1994

UK Publication Date:

4th November 1993

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Children

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Main Subject:
Dewey:

823.8

Prizes:

Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

288

Dimensions:

Width 164mm, Height 210mm, Spine 23mm

Weight:

553g

Description

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 fatally ill but determined to record her passopnate 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, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses'. The illustrations by Lucy Kemp-Welch first apperared in 1915.

Author Bio

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 it's publication, little guessing how well-known and widely loved her story would become.

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