Books with title Black Beauty - Large Print Edition: An Autobiography of a Horse

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An amazingly fast and strong but gentle thoroughbred, Black Beauty peacefully gallops across open meadows, carrying adoring children through the English countryside. But then a tragic accident forces his owner to sell him, and Black Beauty enters a world where horses are treated with bitter violence. Longing for his joyful youth on his original master's farm, Black Beauty faces horrible, demeaning abuse but never loses his spirit - or his great hope that he'll find happiness again. Originally written in 1877 as a protest against cruelty to animals, Anna Sewell's Black Beauty reminds listeners that horses, like all living creatures, deserve to be treated with love and kindness. Today, Black Beauty remains one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, touching the hearts of everyone who meets the unforgettable horse.

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. 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.

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Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller. Two years after the release of the novel, one million copies of Black Beauty were in circulation. With over fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.The tale begins with Black Beauty’s carefree days as a colt on an English farm, then covers his difficult life pulling cabs in London, and concludes with 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 typically related to kindness, sympathy, and understanding. Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behavior give the novel a good deal of historical accuracy. ".... there is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham...." —Black Beauty, Chapter 13, last paragraph

The life story of Black Beauty as well as his adventures and mishaps are told in this classic 19th century book. He tells all his personal accounts from his early years and having countless masters and all his experiences. The young and beautiful horse and his close friends unite in his story. A funny yet emotional and successful life book of Black Beauty every reader will be fond of. The contents of the book include: My Early Home, The Hunt, My Breaking In, Birtwick Park, A Fair Start, Liberty, Ginger, Ginger’s Story Continued, Merrylegs, A Talk in the Orchard, Plain Speaking, A Stormy Day, The Devil’s Trade Mark, James Howard, The Old Ostler, The Fire, John Manly’s Talk, Going for the Doctor, Only Ignorance, Joe Green, The Parting, Earlshall, A Strike for Liberty, Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse, Reuben Smith, How it Ended, Ruined, and Going Downhill, A Job Horse and his Drivers, Cockneys, A Thief, A Humbug, A Horse Fair, A London Cab Horse, An Old War Horse, Jerry Barker, The Sunday Cab, The Golden Rule, Dolly and A Real Gentleman, Seedy Sam, Poor Ginger, The Butcher, The Election, A Friend in Need, Old Captain and his Successor, Jerry’s New Year, Jakes and the Lady, Hard Times, Farmer Thoroughgood and his Grandson Willie, My Last Home. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse was written by Anna Sewell, an English author, she is well known as the writer of the novel entitled Black Beauty published in 1877. She intended to write this edition ideal for young children and those young at heart. Anna Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, to a pious Quaker family. Her parents were Isaac Philip Sewell and Mary Wright Sewell. Her mother was also a fortunate novelist of children’s books. She only had one sibling named Philip.