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This is a simply-told story of the life of a spirited young throughbred, from quiet countryside to the busy town, and the kindness and cruelty of his various owners.
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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 way--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)"
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Black Beauty's tale, as told by himself, is the fascinating story of the life of a horse a hundred years ago, when horseswere a part of everyone's life.
Although his colthood and early life were happy, Black Beauty tastes the bitterness of cruel grooms and indifferent masters as he passes from hand to hand, progressing from the country to London and back again.
This, the most famous horse story ever written, is a must on everyone's reading list.
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- PublisherMacmillan Pub Ltd
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0333593340
- ISBN 13 9780333593349
- BindingHardcover
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Black Beauty
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Macmillan (Little Classics edition), London, 1993
ISBN 10: 0333593340
ISBN 13: 9780333593349
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Seller: Mad Hatter Books, Auckland, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Victor Ambrus (illustrator). First Thus. With introduction by Naomi Lewis. 8 colour plates + b/w text ills by VICTOR AMBRUS. A hardback in vg colour pictorial slipcase, slightly discoloured on the back, nice dj (unclipped), purple boards with gilt spine titles, pages are clean, vg+. small format (145x115mm), 330pp. Seller Inventory # 14G14
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