Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

Black Beauty

By Anna Sewell

  • Release Date: 1950-01-01
  • Genre: Animal Fiction for Kids
Score: 4.5
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From 662 Ratings

Description

An Apple Books Classic edition.

With Black Beauty, author Anna Sewell hoped to make people care about the cruel abuses that cab horses were suffering—bought and sold, whipped, and worked to exhaustion. Sewell tells the story from the perspective of Beauty, a horse who lived an idyllic life on a farm in the English countryside until he was sold and forced to pull cabs in London. In this way, she invites us to empathize with her animal hero.

Black Beauty did, in fact, change hearts and minds. Shortly after its publication in 1877, it became illegal to use bearing reins, which were designed to hold a horse’s head at a painful, unnatural angle. Almost 150 years later, Sewell’s classic has become one of the best-selling books of all time.

Reviews

  • Reason why I get this book

    5
    By av!3
    The horse reminds me my school I used to go to. Because the horse remind me of it it’s getting a 5 star
  • Black Beauty

    5
    By flute player since 1965
    Since I am now 70 years old, it is so nice to reread one of my childhood favorite books…Black Beauty made quite an impact on me in third grade. Thank you for offering this book in the classics collection.
  • Proud of Black Beauty

    5
    By Bonnie Prancer
    Starting with a charming read about this horse, this Black Beauty with great encouragement of his future. Like all horses of the time, he was worked hard and pushed to his limits until he was injured to needing months before returning to old conditions. The end was surprising. He returned to a place with lovely, care taking and wonderful family and a very peaceful life ahead.
  • Hi

    5
    By j'ai oubliè
    I love this book. I’ve read it several times and I love it so much! Yes it is depressing at times but it gives you more insight on a an animals life and it tell us why it’s so important to treat animals with care, love and respect. I you don’t treat and take care of animals properly you could end up killing the animal by accident or you’ll die. I love this book. If only Anna (or Ann) Sewell was still alive today. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Ps. I love putting hearts in rainbows but I am not gay so please don’t assume that my obsession with putting hearts in rainbow order means that
  • AMAZING 😉!

    5
    By AnneKateM
    This book 📖 about horses 🐴🐎 living in Victorian Era England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is such a cool 😎 story. I just love 💗 English literature. Annie Mautner
  • Amazing Book

    5
    By #Amy+Amanda
    I have read this book several times and it never gets old. Anna Swell, you did an amazing job writing this book.
  • Animal’s life

    5
    By Maxima38
    Wonderful narrative of horses life. I feel concerned on how humans misuse animals.
  • Loved it ❤️

    5
    By UnicornLover🦄🦄❤️❤️
    I just can’t get enough of this story! I may not have read the electronic version but I have read the paper book and oh my is it wonderful! It’s a great beginner chapter book as well.
  • HATED

    2
    By Hjsdjkamaxjhnuiredh
    GARBAGE. EXCESSIVE USE OF VOCABULARY. I READ THIS AND HATED IT!!
  • Black Beauty

    4
    By SaKurrie
    This book is a such a sweet family friendly book. Lots of good morals and sweet relationships, animal and human. I recommend this book to any animal lover. I had to read this for English and it wasn’t really my type but I bet it will be for all the animal lovers.