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by Anna Sewell (Author) "The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 173 pages
  • Publisher: Running Press; New edition edition (Jan 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1561386510
  • ISBN-13: 978-1561386512
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.6 x 1.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,168,764 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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A horse is a horse of course, unless of course the horse is Black Beauty. Animal-loving children have been devoted to Black Beauty throughout this century, and no doubt will continue through the next. Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn-of-the-century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.

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 manner--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) --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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A classic story about a girl's touching relationship with a horse she befriends. Part of the ANDRE DEUTSCH CLASSICS series, with an introduction by Trevor McDonald.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A story of treachery and deceit, of pain and forgiveness., 27 Mar 2000
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This review is from: Black Beauty (Penguin Joint Venture Readers) (Paperback)
Black Beauty is not only one of the best known story in the English language, it is also one of the finest tales ever written. The story is told through the eyes of Black Beauty and this first person narrative gives us the oppertunity of seeing the world as he does. In the course of the story Beauty goes from one home to the other, suffering horribly at the hands of his owners but never losing the hope that it will get better. Eventually Beauty, now a cabhorse, is reunited with his dearest friend Ginger. Ginger is weak and thin and it is not long before he watches the corpse of his beautiful friend being carted off after being worked to death. It seems as though Beauty himself will be butchered but at his lowest moment he is saved by a young boy and his grandfather who feed him and care for him and bring him back to his former self. The book ends with Beauty finding a new home with one of the stableboys, now a young man, from his youth - Joe Green. Joe recognises Beauty and the tale rounds off with Beauty living out his days in peace and thinking of his friends whom he lost through man's barbarity.

It is speculated that Anna Sewell wrote Black Beauty to help abolish the bearing rein, and if this is the case then I am glad to say it seems to have worked. Beauty speaks bitterly of the bearing rein and it must be said that anyone who uses a bearing rein is an inhuman, callous monster.

Black Beauty if one of the great literary masterpieces and one that everyone should know.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Already 31 years since I read this classic, 20 Mar 2007
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Read this book back in 1976 !Classic about love and harshness between horses and their masters. The story taught me that masters are not always nice to the horses that they own. Before reading the book, I didn't know that masters could be so cruel to horses. Even though parts of the book are sad, harsh, and cruel there are also exciting and happy moments. I especially liked the masters in the book that gave the best food from the village to Black Beauty. I loved the end but I am going to keep it a secret so you can read it yourself.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "a real classic", 3 Jul 2007
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This review is from: Black Beauty (Puffin Classics) (Paperback)
I read this book as a child and was enchanted by it. The story is told through the eyes of Black Beauty and really highlights some of the cruelties that can be inflicted on horses, yet it is not a depressing read. Anna S. creates fantastic empathy. This book has even helped people to become more aware of how horses should be treated, changing things for the better. A true masterpiece.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book
I love Black Beauty because there are horses in it.

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My favourite character is black beauty because she is brave.
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This is quite an emotional book. It's about a horse who goes through many differant owners some good, some bad, makes friends and loses friends. Read more
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I like this book because of the way he tells the story and the excitement in it.I also like the pictures.But the charicters are a little confusing.So it's hard to follow.
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