Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, was published in 1877. It was written by Anna Sewell in the last years of her life as an invalid. Black Beauty is the only novel Anna Sewell ever completed. She lived long enough to see the book become a bestseller. Her purpose in writing the novel was "its special aim being to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses." The book has been adapted into film and television.
The story is an autobiographical memoir told by a horse named Black Beauty. The book begins with his days as a colt on an English farm and follows him to his retirement in the country. Each chapter spotlights an incident in Black Beauty's life that conveys a lesson or moral related to the treatment of horses. The first film adaptation appeared in 1921, and the latest adaptation appeared in 1994.
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, was published in 1877. It was written by Anna Sewell in the last years of her life as an invalid. Black Beauty is the only novel Anna Sewell ever completed. She lived long enough to see the book become a bestseller. Her purpose in writing the novel was "its special aim being to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses." The book has been adapted into film and television.
