Black Beauty by Anna Sewell - is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.
While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 58 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It is seen as a forerunner of the pony book.
Plot summary
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 foal on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty's life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behavior lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude.
The book describes conditions among London horse-drawn cab drivers, including the financial hardship caused to them by high license fees and low, legally fixed fares. A page footnote in some editions says that soon after the book was published, the difference between 6-day cab licenses (not allowed to trade on Sundays) and 7-day cab licenses (allowed to trade on Sundays) was abolished and the cab license fee was much reduced.
La escritora inglesa Anna Sewell nos ha dejado en este libro uno de los relatos más emocionantes de la literatura juvenil. Narrado en primera persona por el propio caballo, cuenta la historia de Azabache, nacido en una finca de Inglaterra, en el último cuarto del siglo pasado. Azabache tuvo una infancia feliz hasta que un penoso acontecimiento obligó a su dueño a venderlo. Después de diversas aventuras y días empañados por el sufrimiento y la intolerancia, querido unas veces, maltratado muchas, encuentra finalmente un hogar donde vuelve a conocer la amistad y el cariño. Escrito con profunda comprensión de los sentimientos que anidan tanto en los seres humanos como en los animales
This heartfelt story of a horse’s life is an enduring classic. Inspired bya missionto encourage sympathy and kindness to animals, Anna Sewell’s story is one you will never forget. Follow Black Beauty’s journey from a young foal to his encounters with people of all backgrounds and dispositions.In a story that is both poignant and memorable, this is one of the most famous animal stories to ever be written and has touched the hearts of all those who have read it since its first publication in 1877. With gorgeous full-page illustrations in colour, as well as original illustration in black and white, children will love this stunning edition.
Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads Black Beauty by Anna Sewell to you and your family from beginning to end.
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, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.
While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 58 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. It is seen as a forerunner of the pony book.
This well known classic, an autobiography of the horse Black Beauty, beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. It has been cited as 'the most influential anticruelty novel of all time' by Bernard Unti. The novel was an immediate best seller, and is one of best selling books of all time.
Narrated by Michael Ward
This classic story follow Black Beauty through his many owners—some good but mostly bad until Black Beauty is retired to the home of his original groom.
La escritora inglesa Anna Sewell nos ha dejado en este libro uno de los relatos más emocionantes de la literatura juvenil. Narrado en primera persona por el propio caballo, cuenta la historia de Azabache, nacido en una finca de Inglaterra, en el último cuarto del siglo pasado. Azabache tuvo una infancia feliz hasta que un penoso acontecimiento obligó a su dueño a venderlo. Después de diversas aventuras y días empañados por el sufrimiento y la intolerancia, querido unas veces, maltratado muchas, encuentra finalmente un hogar donde vuelve a conocer la amistad y el cariño. Escrito con profunda comprensión de los sentimientos que anidan tanto en los seres humanos como en los animales
Große Aufregung herrscht in Birtwick-Park. Black Beauty wird zum 'Windsor-Galopp-Rennen' in Croydon zugelassen. Wochenlanges Training steht bevor, hält alle auf dem Gut in Atem. Jessie und Flora schlafen kaum noch. Da kommt Mr. Gordon auf die Idee, die Mädchen nach St. Talbot in Ferien zu schicken. Kaum dort angekommen, erleben die beiden eine große Überraschung. Mr. Cullens Hengst Activity ist ebenfalls für das Rennen gemeldet und läuft zum großen Schrecken von Jessie und Flora beim Training bessere Zeiten als Black Beauty. Wer wird der Sieger von Croydon? Black Beauty oder Activity? Das ist die bange Frage, auf die es erst am Tag des Rennens eine Antwort geben wird.
William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.
This second volume of curated children’s classics will take you on a rhyming journey with elephants, cheetahs, and rhinos in Just So Stories; delve into the world of Mole, Toad, Rat and Badger in The Wind in the Willows; and through the streets of London with a beautiful horse in Black Beauty.
These classic children’s stories are read by actress and presenter, Angela Rippon; Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Horden; and star of stage and screen, Patrick Wymark.
This collection includes:
• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, read by Angela Rippon
• Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, read by Sir Michael Horden
• The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame, read by Patrick Wymark
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