Black Beauty

Written by Anna Sewell and John Escott

Narrated by Multiple Narrators

When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Release date: Nov 15, 2007
• ISBN: 9780194210850

Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell (1820-1878) is a British novelist. Although she wrote a single book in her lifetime, Black Beauty (1877) has become one of the most beloved novels of all time. Due to an injury from a fall at 14 years old, Sewell became an invalid, and her resulting reliance on carriages led to her calling for the humane treatment of horses. Aside from her sole literary work, she assisted her mother in the editing of a series of popular children’s books.

Reviews for Black Beauty

[devon · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I think the story is very good and would like to read it again

[Anya · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I always love stories that tell the life of an animal with a good ending.

[Mauricio Mandujano M · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is a must read for everyone! I enjoyed every single page, and I am not a reader?

[Scott Goddard · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This is a fun entertaining book I would recommend it to anyone within the age group of 9 and 15?