Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

dets 2022 · Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd

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Black Beauty, a classic novel written by Anna Sewell and first published in 1877, is considered even today as one of the major animal stories for children. It is an autobiographical and fictionalized narration of a handsome and well-bred horse. Black Beauty, a well-born horse, who is initially owned by kind masters but is sold to successively crueler owners, narrates the story. After suffering ill-treatment and facing torture from various owners, he collapses, but in the end, he gets another kind owner and recovers eventually. John, a kind and caring master, who takes care of the horses, teaches young Joe how to groom the horse.

Throughout the novel, Beauty remains a faithful horse, serving all his masters even if it means suffering from several ordeals. He is an ideal horse—obedient, willing, intelligent, and courageous. Ginger, another important character in the novel, is an unhappy horse whose tale is full of hardships and cruelty from her masters. The book, Black Beauty, is aimed at inducing kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.

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Anna Sewell (1820-1878) was a British author of Black Beauty — the children’s classic novel. As an animal lover, Sewell’s concern for the humane treatment of horses began at a young age when she was crippled, though she could drive a horse-drawn carriage. After deeply influenced by essay on animals by Horace Bushnel, Sewell decided her goals in writing and wanted to let the world understand the suffering of horses. He dedicated the last seven or eight years of her life in writing Black Beauty which had a strong moral purpose and is said to have been instrumental in abolishing the cruel practices on animals.