The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water-lilies grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a grove of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank. While I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her. When...

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Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse. This gentle book follows the life a well bred horse, from his early childhood in a pleasant meadow, through a myriad of owners--some kind and some cruel--until fate returns him to the meadow in which he was born. A wonderful story that will remain with you and your child.

Children will love this story of a beautiful black horse. Black Beauty tells the life story of a young colt on an English farm. Black Beauty experiences cruel treatment pulling cabs in London. Each chapter tells a lesson on kindness and sympathy. Black Beauty was originally written for people who worked with animals. Sewell wanted to highlight the poor treatment of working animals. While outwardly teaching animal welfare the story contains allegorical lessons on how to treat people with kindness, sympathy and respect. Black Beauty is the autobiography of a horse which will delight and...

Anna Sewell's classic horse tale, adapted for young readers and offering two stories. Story One is written at a 3.6 grade reading level. Story 2 is written at a 4.5 reading level. This 2-for-1 edition is an excellent value for any home, classroom or library.

An autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty. Beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty's life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour.

Continuously in print and translated into multiple languages since it was first published, Anna Sewell's Black Beauty is a classic work of children's literature that is also an important text in the fields of Victorian studies and animal studies. The new Cambridge Scholars Publishing critical edition reproduces the first edition of 1877, restoring material often abridged in other modern editions. It also includes a critical introduction; contextual material that places the novel in historical context; a chronology of Anna Sewell; and notes on the text that illuminate references to Victorian...