Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse (illustrated)

By Anna Sewell

Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Anna Sewell wrote about her novel "Black Beauty" loved by millions of readers: "I made up a small story to wake in people up love and sympathy for animals."


"The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank ..."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Release date: Aug 27, 2018
• ISBN: 9783752847123

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.