by Anna Sewell · Puffin Classics · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140366846
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«Black Beauty» is the children's and young adult novel by Anna Sewell, published by Puffin Classics in paperback (272 pages, in English).
Black Beauty, a horse of good temper and strong spirit, narrates in the first person his life from a peaceful childhood in the countryside to the tasks he must perform as he passes through different owners. Among his experiences with kind and cruel masters, the novel portrays nineteenth-century England and denounces animal abuse.
Originally published in 1877, this Puffin Classics edition, reissued in 1994, includes illustrations by Charlotte Hough.
Recommended for children and young adult readers aged 9 and up, especially for those seeking classics with animals and a message about respect for them.
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.
