Black Beauty

By Anna Sewell, Mrs. J. C. Gorham

Subjects: Horses, juvenile literature, English literature: literary criticism, Black Beauty, England, fiction, Whitman, Great britain, history, 19th century, fiction, Horses, fiction, Animals, treatment, fiction, Horses, 1955, Stories, Black Beauty (Fictitious character), Publishing, Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, History, Folklore

Description: * A horse of nineteenth century England tells his life story from his early home through many masters and experiences, both good and bad. * About the author Anna Sewell was a kind and generous woman whose great love for horses and desire to see them better treated resulted in the most celebrated animal story of the nineteenth century. Born into a strict Quaker family who lived at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, she was brought up to believe in the importance of self-reliance, moral responsibility and 'tender consideration for the Creatures of God'. From an early age she developed a strong love of animals and abhorred any form of cruelty towards them. She seemed to have a natural affinity with horses, and the great knowledge of horsemanship evident in Black Beauty was born from a lifetime's experience. Read more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sewell