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Anna Sewell
This stunning Oxford Children's Classic edition is the perfect introduction to Black Beauty - the ultimate story of hope. Features the complete unabridged text, an introduction by Hannah Gold, and…
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This powerful narrative, told from the perspective of a horse, is now available in an unabridged, illustrated hardcover edition.
Black Beauty chronicles the life of a horse in Victorian England…
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Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse. This gentle book follows the life a well bred horse from his early childhood in a pleasant meadow through a myriad of…
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Chiltern publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the World's finest literature. Your favourite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile embossed layers, fine…
Seen through Black Beauty’s eyes, the story tells of his idyllic upbringing and the hardship and cruelty he suffers, before finding security and happiness in a new home.
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A handsome collection of favourite children’s classics, beautifully illustrated by today’s top artists. Illustrators include Quentin Blake, Michael Foreman and other artists. Complete and unabridged text.
Now I say that with cruelty and oppression it is everybody’s business to interfere when they see it. Transcending time and place, Anna Sewell’s moving classic has inspired kindness, tolerance…
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Dr Celia Brayfield
A new biography of author Anna Sewell, whose campaigning spirit and determination was as compelling as her novel Black Beauty still is
This classic story is narrated by a well-bred horse named Black Beauty. Follow her as she tells the tale of her life from a pleasant meadow in the English countryside…
Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows. But when his owners are…
Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess…
The skies are open and majestic in the wild, and beautiful and free is the colt that runs on the green grass blowing in the gentle breeze. He knows nothing…
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Cathy East
Published in 1877 and set in Victorian London, Black Beauty has remained a classic for 140 years. Now the beloved story of the horse Black Beauty is retold for beginning…
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Well-born and well-bred, the handsome horse named Black Beauty spends his early days with his mother at an English farm. Treated with affection and kindness, he is encouraged to be…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
Oxford Bookworms Library is a new edition of the original Oxford Bookworms Black and Green series, merging the two series into one with new covers.
First published in 1877, this first-person life story of a horse has become a children’s classic.
A classic story about a girl’s touching relationship with a horse she befriends. Part of the ANDRE DEUTSCH CLASSICS series, with an introduction by Trevor McDonald.
Continuously in print and translated into multiple languages since it was first published, Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty is a classic work of children’s literature and an important text in the…
Black Beauty was written in 1877 and was subtitled "The Autobiography of a Horse." It quickly became known as the best-loved animal story. In addition to this, the book achieved…
Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse. This gentle book follows the life of a well bred horse, from his early childhood in a pleasant meadow, through a myriad…
Black Beauty is an autobiographical book written by Anna Sewell. This autobiography of a horse is an 1877 novel that the author wrote during the last days of her life…
Black Beauty begins with a young horse’s carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy…
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
While I was young I lived upon my mother’s milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down…
This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty is the perfect addition to any bookshelf.
English novelist Anna Sewell published her book Black Beauty in 1877. The novel is written in the first person by the eponymous horse Black Beauty as an autobiographical biography, starting…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
An autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty. Beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life…
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life…
While seeking to improve her health in Europe, Sewell encountered various writers, artists and philosophers, to which her previous background had not exposed her.
Black Beauty, Young Folks’ Edition by Anna Sewell
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…
Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s only novel, composed in the last years of her life between 1871 and 1877 while confined to her house as an invalid.The story is told…
Anna Sewell’s much-loved and moving classic, told from a horse’s point of view as Beauty undergoes a variety of experiences from his various owners - from loving and kind to…
The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty-beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English…
This is a tale of a spirited colt who begins life with a kind owner in an idyllic country setting. Told from the horse’s viewpoint, the story traces his life…
A horse in 19th century England recounts his experiences with good and bad masters.