Anna Sewell was an English novelist, best known as the author of the classic 1877 novel Black Beauty.

Anna Sewell's story of the horse, Black Beauty, and his experiences in life with his various owners - some kind, some cruel.

Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Anna Sewell, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.

The Classics Illustrated comic book series began in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas s "The Three Musketeers," and has...

One of the most popular books of all time... Born into a carefree existence on an English farm, a beautiful black stallion faces a turbulent life. Passed from owner to owner, the horse endures hardship and some terrible cruelty as he struggles to survive. Anna Sewell's classic novel was an instant hit on its release in 1877, just five months before her death. Black Beauty was her only novel. The book has been adapted for film and television on numerous occasions and remains a favourite for all generations. More than 50 milion copies sold.

Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.

While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and...

Azabache es una novela de 1877 escrita por la inglesa Anna Sewell. Fue compuesta en los ultimos anos de su vida, durante los cuales estuvo confinada en casa por invalidez. La autora pudo ver el inmediato exito que alcanzo su obra, pero murio solo cinco meses despues de su publicacion.Azabache es uno de los libros mas vendidos de todos los tiempos (cincuenta millones de ejemplares). Al educar acerca del bienestar de los animales, expone a la vez como tratar a la gente con amabilidad, simpatia y respeto."

Black Beauty is Anna Sewell's first and only novel. The story is told in the "first person" (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir of a highbred horse named Black Beauty, from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, 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.

Anna Sewell 30 March 1820 - 25 April 1878) was an English novelist, best known as the author of the classic 1877 novel Black BeautyAnna Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, into a devoutly Quaker family. Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793-1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798-1884) was a successful author of children's books. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip and was largely educated at home. When Anna was twelve, the family moved to Stoke Newington where she attended school for the first time. Two years later, however, she slipped while...

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 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...