by Anna Sewell · Easton Press · tapa dura · ISBN 9783773556288
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«Black Beauty» is Anna Sewell's children's novel in hardcover (60 pages, in German).
The horse Black Beauty enjoys a happy life with his owner, but when sold he faces very different masters: some kind and others cruel. He pulls elegant carriages and ramshackle cabs, and at every stage strives to live as well as possible. The story is told from the animal's own point of view.
The original work was published in 1877. The cover includes «Nach Anna Sewell», indicating it is a German adaptation of the classic.
Aimed at young readers, this German edition offers a first approach to a children's classic.
Anna Sewell was an English novelist who is known for her only book, Black Beauty, a novel about a horse. She was born into a Quaker family in Norfolk and moved to London as a baby. Her mother, Mary Wright Sewell, was the author of popular children's books. Sewell never married and always lived with her parents, in Sussex, Gloucestershire and Norfolk. A chronic illness left her leading a life of invalidism, with trips to spa resorts in England and continental Europe. She joined her mother in carrying out charitable work and also edited her mother's books. Black Beauty was written between 1871 and 1877 and published a few months before Sewell's death.
