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  • Published: 15 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9780451479990
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99

Black Beauty




A handsome horse with a glossy black coat and a pretty white star on his forehead, Black Beauty seems to lead a charmed life.

A handsome horse with a glossy black coat and a pretty white star on his forehead, Black Beauty seems to lead a charmed life. Although his mother warns him that there are 'bad, cruel men' in the world, he begins his life in a happy home, with a friendly groom to look after him and plenty to eat. However, when a change of circumstances means that he is sold, he soon discovers the truth of his mother's words. Anna Sewell's moving story is one of the best-loved animal adventures ever written.

  • Published: 15 October 2018
  • ISBN: 9780451479990
  • Imprint: Puffin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $24.99

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About the author

Anna Sewell

Anna Sewell was born in 1820 and lived with her family in Norfolk and then in a village on the outskirts of London. At the age of fourteen Anna injured her ankles in a fall, and was severely disabled for the rest of her life. She had to travel everywhere in horse-drawn carriages, and so Anna was always concerned with the treatment of the animals she so relied upon. She wrote Black Beauty in order to convince a wide audience of the importance of the humane treatment of animals. It is her only novel, and Anna Sewell died shortly after it's publication, little guessing how well-known and widely loved her story would become.

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