Black Beauty (Puffin Story Books)

by Anna Sewell (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1971

  $4.24

• Used

  Paperback
  1983

  $23.73

• Used

  Hardcover
  1982

  $3.22

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $10.99

  Probably the most popular horse story of all time, Black Beauty tells the story of one horse's long and varied life. On the one hand, a fully engaging novel and on the other hand, a strong statement against animal maltreatment. Anna Sewell's classic novel has enthralled readers since it was first published in 1877.

• New

  Hardcover
  1993

  $13.97

  Described on the title-page of the first edition as 'the autobiography of her horse, translated from the original equine', BLACK BEAUTY was Anna Sewell's only book, written when she fatally ill but determined to record her passopnate indignation at the insensitive behaviour of people towards animals. It has been loved by children ever since its first publication in 1877, just a few months before the death of its author, whose declared aim had been to 'induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses'. The illustrations by Lucy Kemp-Welch first apperared in 1915.