![]() Anna Sewell, who frequently drove carriages because she had difficulty walking due to a childhood injury, wrote Black Beauty to promote humane treatment of horses. Animal rights movement was in its infancy, and exploitation of and cruelty towards work horses were quite common. The story was written before the invention of automobiles when society depended on horses for nearly everything. ![]() Although he experiences many hardships, the gentle and intelligent Black Beauty remembers his mother's wise advice and always gives his best. Over the course of the book, Black Beauty has a series of owners and caretakers, some good and some bad. The story is told from the point of view of Black Beauty, who lives in 19th century England. The novel's title character and protagonist is the horse Black Beauty. ![]() It was first published in 1877 and became an immediate success. Front cover of an 1877 edition of Black Beauty.īlack Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse is a popular children's novel by the British author Anna Sewell. ![]()
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