Other editions of book Black Beauty: By Anna Sewell - Illustrated

Every child loves a story about a horse, and Black Beauty remains one of the finest, most touching ever written. Set in Victorian London, the novel follows the shifting fortunes of a horse as he moves from owner to owner. Narrated by the noble Black Beauty himself, the tale offers an animal's perspective of the world and highlights the thoughtless, even cruel treatment animals endured during that period.

Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfully overworked cab horse. Throughout, Sewell rails--in a gentle, 19th-century way--against animal maltreatment. Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel. Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration of others may be a benefit to all. (Ages 9 to 12)"

Hardcover book Published by Juvenile Productions, the Merlin Series, C. 1939 un-dated. made with thick economy war issue paper, lovely full colour frontispiece.7 1/2" x5 1/2" Light green-grey cloth hardcover Black lettering & design to the spine and front cover, spine lightly sun faded to tan color and on back board edge. No deterioration of material Bindingtight. Light soiling to cover. No inscriptions. No dj.Corners rubbed. Boards straight. Book closes well.