by Anna Sewell · Piemme · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788856617351
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«Black Beauty» is Anna Sewell's juvenile novel, published by Piemme in 2011, in paperback (407 pages, in Italian).
The protagonist is Black Beauty, a horse who tells his own life story: born in a stable, he passes through different owners and lives among men and other horses through moments of calm and danger, health and illness, fortune and misfortune. The story shows human kindness and cruelty and advocates respect for animals.
It belongs to the collection 'I classici del Battello a vapore' (volume 4), with an introduction by Mino Milani, translation by Mario Sala Gallini and illustrations by Simona Bursi.
Recommended for young readers aged 9 and up, especially for those who enjoy classics and animal stories.
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.
