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Plot summary. The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a foal on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country.
Black Beauty, the only novel by Anna Sewell and the first major animal story in children’s literature. The author wrote it ‘to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses’; it was published in 1877, shortly before Sewell’s death.
Black Beauty study guide contains a biography of Anna Sewell, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
Black Beauty was written by English novelist Anna Sewell, and published in 1877. It quickly became extremely popular, and led to increased activism and public concern for the humane treatment of horses and other animals.
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Black Beauty is a novel told in the first person (or "first horse") as an autobiographical memoir told by a highbred horse named Black Beauty-beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country.
He and Ginger spend a few weeks together healing in a meadow (Sir George strained Ginger’s back, and she needs a year of rest). Then, the Earl of W sells Black Beauty. Black Beauty briefly works as a “job-horse,” pulling carriages for various people—many of whom don’t know how to drive a horse well.
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As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when his owner is forced to sell him, his life changes drastically. He has many new owners—some of them cruel and some of them kind. All he needs is someone to love him again....
'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...
