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Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

FormatEbook

Published2006

Words59,933

LanguageEnglish

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*Black Beauty* is a novel narrated by a horse in nineteenth-century England, tracing his experiences under various owners and highlighting the treatment of working animals. It suits readers interested in classic fiction and the history of animal welfare. One note: the 1877 first publication and fiction classification sit oddly with the "2006" date and "history" subject area you supplied, which likely refer to a particular edition and shelving choice rather than the work itself.

Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell was an English novelist who is known for her only book, Black Beauty, a novel about a horse. She was born into a Quaker family in Norfolk and moved to London as a baby. Her mother, Mary Wright Sewell, was the author of popular children's books. Sewell never married and always lived with her parents, in Sussex, Gloucestershire and Norfolk. A chronic illness left her leading a life of invalidism, with trips to spa resorts in England and continental Europe. She joined her mother in carrying out charitable work and also edited her mother's books. Black Beauty was written between 1871 and 1877 and published a few months before Sewell's death.

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