Black Beauty
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- Author：Anna Sewell
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Summary
Black Beauty is a perennial children's favourite， one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877。 It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography， describing the world through the eyes of the creature。 In taking this anthropomorphic approach， the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that a horse is recounting the exploits in the narrative。
The gentle thoroughbred， Black Beauty， is raised with care and is treated well until a vicious groom injures him。 The damaged horse is then sold to various masters at whose hands he experiences cruelty and neglect。 After many unpleasant episodes， including one where he becomes a painfully overworked cab horse in London， Black Beauty finally canters towards a happy ending。 Although Anna Sewell's classic is set firmly in the Victorian period， its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness。
There have been many film and television adaptations of the story， but it is only the novel that captures the authentic voice of the central character。
The gentle thoroughbred， Black Beauty， is raised with care and is treated well until a vicious groom injures him。 The damaged horse is then sold to various masters at whose hands he experiences cruelty and neglect。 After many unpleasant episodes， including one where he becomes a painfully overworked cab horse in London， Black Beauty finally canters towards a happy ending。 Although Anna Sewell's classic is set firmly in the Victorian period， its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness。
There have been many film and television adaptations of the story， but it is only the novel that captures the authentic voice of the central character。
Reviews
Alyssa Gray
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I enjoyed this book as it is about my favorite animal， it uses the literary device anthropomorphism。
Mélina （descentainesdelivres）
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Black Beauty commence avec la naissance d’un jeune poulain et se poursuit alors qu’il est vendu à de nombreuses reprises。 Le livre nous donne accès aux pensées de l’étalon puisqu’il narre son histoire。 Passant de maîtres aimants à des bourreaux de travail， de milieux aisés à de moins fortunés， son histoire a quelque chose pouvant nous faire réfléchir。⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Ce livre a été publié la première fois en 1877 et je crois que l’on peut le qualifier de premier roman s’attardant aux droits et besoins d Black Beauty commence avec la naissance d’un jeune poulain et se poursuit alors qu’il est vendu à de nombreuses reprises。 Le livre nous donne accès aux pensées de l’étalon puisqu’il narre son histoire。 Passant de maîtres aimants à des bourreaux de travail， de milieux aisés à de moins fortunés， son histoire a quelque chose pouvant nous faire réfléchir。⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Ce livre a été publié la première fois en 1877 et je crois que l’on peut le qualifier de premier roman s’attardant aux droits et besoins des animaux。 Anna Sewell fait la critique des soins apportées aux bêtes dans les années 1860 à Londres， pointant du doigt les techniques barbares utilisées pour suivre la mode et les heures interminables que les bêtes doivent travailler。 Black Beauty était l’un de mes films préférés lorsque j’étais jeune et j’étais heureuse de plonger dans le roman avec mes yeux adultes。 C’est définitivement un roman que j’ai terminé et qui m’a fait remettre en question certaines pratiques que l’on voit dans le domaine hippique。 Bref， il s’agit d’un excellent classique à lire！ 。。。more
Hux
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A charming tale which raises awareness of animal cruelty。My only real knowledge of Black Beauty came from snippets of the Thames TV show of the mid-70s which made it seem like Black Beauty had various weekly adventures （essentially a horse version of the Littlest Hobo）。 But actually， the book is a life story， one narrated by none other than the horse （very original for 1877） and has short pithy chapters which presumably explains why it became so popular with children。 It's essentially the tale o A charming tale which raises awareness of animal cruelty。My only real knowledge of Black Beauty came from snippets of the Thames TV show of the mid-70s which made it seem like Black Beauty had various weekly adventures （essentially a horse version of the Littlest Hobo）。 But actually， the book is a life story， one narrated by none other than the horse （very original for 1877） and has short pithy chapters which presumably explains why it became so popular with children。 It's essentially the tale of all the people that own Black Beauty through his life and the various jobs he has as a working horse。 Most of the book is rather tame and there's some obvious moralising about the ill-treatment of horses during the Victorian era。 Apparently， the descriptions of cruelty caused by 'bearing rein' （keeping the horses head up） enraged readers so much that it was quickly made illegal as a result of the book。 I enjoyed the chapters where Black Beauty becomes a London cab horse and dashes around the various streets from station to station or picks up drunken revelers at 1am。 And obviously the cruelty is not nice to read but it's generally kept to a minimum without ever getting too dark。 But more than once Sewell has a bad human character get his comeuppance for such behavior。 Oh， and there seems to be a great deal of criticism regarding the over consumption of alcohol。 And one thing I didn't like was how each new owner gave Black Beauty a new name; perfectly understandable why they would but it occasionally meant hearing a name （Jack for example） and thinking。。。 who the hell is Jack？ before realising it's his newest name。 But the book has a happy ending。 And Black Beauty even ends the book with his original name。 The book wasn't anything spectacular but it was perfectly fine。 And suffice it to say， it's difficult to read without hearing that damn 70s theme tune constantly playing in your head。 。。。more
Monica
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A classic。 Wonderful descriptions， true to the era。
Lydia B
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A thoroughly enjoyable read。 Definitely began it thinking it was entirely a children's book， but the social commentary laid throughout has given me a desire to learn more about the author。 Despite Beauty's trails， he has a happy ending - as much as you can ask for from such a tale as this。 A thoroughly enjoyable read。 Definitely began it thinking it was entirely a children's book， but the social commentary laid throughout has given me a desire to learn more about the author。 Despite Beauty's trails， he has a happy ending - as much as you can ask for from such a tale as this。 。。。more
Beth Jones
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I’m actually not sure， but this could be a re-read for me。 I distinctly remember having a Ladybird copy of Black Beauty as a child， but I don’t remember actually reading it。 And not much about this book felt familiar。 When I started this book， my first thought was how there could be an entire book from the perspective of a horse？ Well， Anna Sewell wrote that book。I honestly didn’t think that I would be able to get into this at first。 I mostly listened to the audiobook， and then read the last 40 I’m actually not sure， but this could be a re-read for me。 I distinctly remember having a Ladybird copy of Black Beauty as a child， but I don’t remember actually reading it。 And not much about this book felt familiar。 When I started this book， my first thought was how there could be an entire book from the perspective of a horse？ Well， Anna Sewell wrote that book。I honestly didn’t think that I would be able to get into this at first。 I mostly listened to the audiobook， and then read the last 40 pages in the physical format。 But I persevered， and actually quite enjoyed it in the end。 The part of this book that shocked me was how educational I found it。 This book talks extensively about horse terminology and tack， which I feel like could have put me off as a child but I actually found it quite insightful now。We call them dumb animals， and so they are，The most important part of this story was the moral of be kind to animals， which I adored。 The more I think about the moral of this story， the more I absolutely love what it aimed to portray。 The focus on how the surroundings and treatment of the animals could change how they felt about life was incredibly well written and portrayed well。 I ended up feeling so many emotions for Black Beauty that I had full on body tingles at the end of the story！I think what let this book down for me was the pacing。 I just didn’t feel like there was enough of a story there to fill so many pages。 I found that throughout the book， I kept coming back to this point。 Even though this book does have many parts to it and the story definitely does develop， I did feel some of the story was reiterated a few times throughout。for they cannot tell us how they feel， but they do not suffer less because they have no words。I imagine I would have enjoyed this as a child， but when I was old enough to be able to understand all of the terminology！ I really liked the morals of this story， but it didn’t quite capture my attention as much as I was hoping。★★★★3。5 out of 5 stars-BethMay your shelves forever overflow with books！ ☽ 。。。more
Portia Cook
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I really loved the ending。 Black Beauty lived a tough life， but in the end found happiness with her last owner。 I learned a lot about horses （which I really love） and the proper way to care for them。 Every time I see a black horse from now on， I will wonder what they are thinking and will always remember Black Beauty。
Cate
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I recently re-read it to see if it held up against my childhood memories， and I'm so glad that it did 😭 I recently re-read it to see if it held up against my childhood memories， and I'm so glad that it did 😭 。。。more
AFIFA ALAM RAISA
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A touching autobiography of a horse。The book features the story of Black Beauty， a beautiful dark horse， as his name suggests。 From wealth to poverty， kindness to cruelty， and comfort to pain， he has seen it all。 His fate， just like that of any other horse， did not allow him to settle down in the hands of a single owner。 Did he， by the end， find a loving home where he never had to fear of being sold again？The story， narrated in simple language， allows the reader to view the world from a differen A touching autobiography of a horse。The book features the story of Black Beauty， a beautiful dark horse， as his name suggests。 From wealth to poverty， kindness to cruelty， and comfort to pain， he has seen it all。 His fate， just like that of any other horse， did not allow him to settle down in the hands of a single owner。 Did he， by the end， find a loving home where he never had to fear of being sold again？The story， narrated in simple language， allows the reader to view the world from a different perspective。 The sufferings and pain， all because of the arrogance and ignorance of the selfish masters， have been portrayed in a wonderful manner。 It is indeed surprising to think that the story has been narrated by a human and not an actual horse。 One of the most beautiful sides of the story is the clear display of how love and kindness can significantly modify the behavior of a living creature， certainly in a positive way。 The story also talks about how， on the contrary， cruelty and harshness can take away the potential one might have in themselves。 The book did get a little exhausting at times but it was nevertheless a good read。I would definitely recommend it to malleable young readers。 。。。more
Veda
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I remember very few moments from my childhood。 But I do remember not feeling beautiful or not having confidence in my looks because of my skin tone and the various remarks that it attracted。 Sometimes， one or two used to refer me as a 'Black Beauty'， probably because they felt pity or wanted me to feel better when others were making not so polite comments about my skin tone。 I don't know why I suddenly remembered this just as I was about to write a review; probably because others were writing ab I remember very few moments from my childhood。 But I do remember not feeling beautiful or not having confidence in my looks because of my skin tone and the various remarks that it attracted。 Sometimes， one or two used to refer me as a 'Black Beauty'， probably because they felt pity or wanted me to feel better when others were making not so polite comments about my skin tone。 I don't know why I suddenly remembered this just as I was about to write a review; probably because others were writing about how they loved this book in their childhood。 For me， it was mostly the curiosity about knowing about a horse whose name was sometimes used in my world :）Anyways。 I loved this book。 Grateful for having been able to read a book that changed the lives of some or maybe lots of horses out there for good。 How can a heart love so many books， by the way？！ 。。。more
Sydney
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Depressing as hell for a “children’s” book。 I get it but at the same time don’t get it。 Beautiful at times， but mainly just sad。
Темелина Трайкова
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" Защото хората мислят единствено за личната си работа и не си правят труда да защитят потиснатите или да изложат виновника на показ。"" - Аз съм убеден в следното: забележим ли жестокост или неправда и имаме ли възможност да им попречим， ала не го направим， то половината вина падс върху нас。 " " Всеки човек трябва да гласува според собствената си съвест и да остави съседа си да стори същото。 " " Защото хората мислят единствено за личната си работа и не си правят труда да защитят потиснатите или да изложат виновника на показ。"" - Аз съм убеден в следното: забележим ли жестокост или неправда и имаме ли възможност да им попречим， ала не го направим， то половината вина падс върху нас。 " " Всеки човек трябва да гласува според собствената си съвест и да остави съседа си да стори същото。 " 。。。more
Sonali Patel
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You are an animal lover you gonna love this book。 And if you are not you will become one after reading this。 A short yet very amazing read。
Roxana Barbacariu
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O carte despre candoarea si bunatatea nemarginita a unui cal。 ❤️
Maria
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"Black Beauty" （1877） by English novelist Anna Sewell。“Only ignorance！ only ignorance！ how can you talk about only ignorance？ Don't you know that it is the worst thing in the world， next to wickedness？ -- and which does the most mischief heaven only knows。 If people can say， `Oh！ I did not know， I did not mean any harm，' they think it is all right。”- Anna Sewell in Black Beauty。I grew up with the 1995 Jetlag productions movie version of Black Beauty which i would watch all the time and which mos "Black Beauty" （1877） by English novelist Anna Sewell。“Only ignorance！ only ignorance！ how can you talk about only ignorance？ Don't you know that it is the worst thing in the world， next to wickedness？ -- and which does the most mischief heaven only knows。 If people can say， `Oh！ I did not know， I did not mean any harm，' they think it is all right。”- Anna Sewell in Black Beauty。I grew up with the 1995 Jetlag productions movie version of Black Beauty which i would watch all the time and which most likely got me interested in riding horses in an early age。 At riding lessons i would always be in awe watching the big horses， especially the black ones。 Black Beauty in both movie and book form will always hold a special place in my heart and it was so lovely to read a beautiful edition as an adult， it took me back to some good times。The movie had me sobbing every time i watched it and the book caught me right in the feelings too。This timeless tale follows and is narrated in the first person by the horse Black Beauty as an memoir about his life。 He is born carefree and living with his mother on a farm and is then sold and resold several times。 He sees both sides of humanity， the kind side with people thinking of horses as living beings with emotions and needs and the other side which sees horses as objects for fashion， working animals aso。 Through his life he sees all types of kindness and many types of abuse。 After his carefree life on the farm， he works as a fashionable carriage horse， to then a hard life pulling cabs in London to he later finally receives his happy retirement in the English countryside。The author wrote Black Beauty on her sick bed and worked hard to see it be published just to die few months after publication。 Her extensive knowledge on horses adds a great purpose， as the book is filled with morals on treatment on horses， kindness， sympathy and animal cruelty。 Each chapter deals with a dilemma in Black Beauty's life which ends up with a moral。It's beautiful， meaningful and timeless for children and adults alike。 。。。more
Reading_ Tam_ Ishly
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This book happens to be one of my most favourite 2021 reads。It's packed with emotions and beautiful writing。The characters are memorable and， most of all， it taught me so many things about horses。 I never thought I would be this invested when it comes to stories about horses！What I came across through this read is that only a few men know how to be actually kind。 And it just breaks my heart。I wish I could save the horses。 They are so overworked and being abused。 All they need is some good care a This book happens to be one of my most favourite 2021 reads。It's packed with emotions and beautiful writing。The characters are memorable and， most of all， it taught me so many things about horses。 I never thought I would be this invested when it comes to stories about horses！What I came across through this read is that only a few men know how to be actually kind。 And it just breaks my heart。I wish I could save the horses。 They are so overworked and being abused。 All they need is some good care and kindness。Is it okay for men to be cruel towards them just because they cannot speak？If you haven't read this beautiful classic yet， please do pick it up。 It's fast-paced and you will love the characters， the horses and a few people who are dedicated towards them。"My life was now so utterly wretched that I wished I might， like Ginger， drop dead at my work， and be out of my misery。"I just cannot stop crying。Pick up this book if you haven't yet！ 。。。more
Malola
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This horse is just dumb。。。This definitely stroke me as an analogy of the passion of/in Christianity。。。 being like a lamb than accepts its fate but doesn't return evil for evil， BB's loyalty to his many masters despite their mistreatments。。。 H3ll （pun intended）， the ending is basically BB going to Heaven。 What good is an old tired horse？ Yet he gets bought and lives well loved and happily ever after。The book was good。 It was well written， it had good pace。 It threw some well-aimed darts at religi This horse is just dumb。。。This definitely stroke me as an analogy of the passion of/in Christianity。。。 being like a lamb than accepts its fate but doesn't return evil for evil， BB's loyalty to his many masters despite their mistreatments。。。 H3ll （pun intended）， the ending is basically BB going to Heaven。 What good is an old tired horse？ Yet he gets bought and lives well loved and happily ever after。The book was good。 It was well written， it had good pace。 It threw some well-aimed darts at religion here and there。 Still。。。 I disliked BB's slave morality （yes， I finished a little while ago Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil）。Ginger was cool， though。 （Did she got a happy ending？ Probably not。 She was "free"。） 。。。more
Varrsha
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I liked this book， but sometimes I felt that it was boring， but it just tells about the problems of horses and animals， this is like a day-to-day life of a horse called Black Beauty。 I saw the Black Beauty movie that released at 2020， and after that I thought the book would be the same but not， it is completely different from the book， but yeah I didn't like it much。 I would not recommend this book to anyone 'cause it is boring。 So yeah this is my review。 Thank you。Happy Reading uwu I liked this book， but sometimes I felt that it was boring， but it just tells about the problems of horses and animals， this is like a day-to-day life of a horse called Black Beauty。 I saw the Black Beauty movie that released at 2020， and after that I thought the book would be the same but not， it is completely different from the book， but yeah I didn't like it much。 I would not recommend this book to anyone 'cause it is boring。 So yeah this is my review。 Thank you。Happy Reading uwu 。。。more
Priya
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Beautiful， nostalgic， and heartbreaking。
Elizabeth Knappert
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loved horses as a child
Maryam
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این کتاب از زبان یک اسب است در این کتاب اسبی خاطرات تجربیات خود را روایت می کند به خاطر وجود انسان ها حیوانات بسیار اذیت می شوند در کتاب هم اشاره شده دوست زیبای سیاه چموش به دست صاحب بدی می افتد و روزگار سختی را می گذراند درقسمتی از کتاب زیبای سیاه اسبی می بیند که مرده و از صورتش خون جاری است زیبای سیاه می گوید ای کاش این اسب چموش باشد تا از دست شلاق و کار در امان باشد امیدوارم روزی همه انسان ها حیوانات را اذیت نکنند زیبای سیاه چند بار او را خرید و فروش می کنند آنا سول در انگلستان به دنیا آمد آن این کتاب از زبان یک اسب است در این کتاب اسبی خاطرات تجربیات خود را روایت می کند به خاطر وجود انسان ها حیوانات بسیار اذیت می شوند در کتاب هم اشاره شده دوست زیبای سیاه چموش به دست صاحب بدی می افتد و روزگار سختی را می گذراند درقسمتی از کتاب زیبای سیاه اسبی می بیند که مرده و از صورتش خون جاری است زیبای سیاه می گوید ای کاش این اسب چموش باشد تا از دست شلاق و کار در امان باشد امیدوارم روزی همه انسان ها حیوانات را اذیت نکنند زیبای سیاه چند بار او را خرید و فروش می کنند آنا سول در انگلستان به دنیا آمد آنا سول عاشق اسب ها بود به خاطر همین قهرمان رمانش را اسب قرار داده است 。。。more
Amanda
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Black Beauty is a classic and is hard to read as you want him to live in the best of circumstances。 However， not everyone’s story is an easy one and not every owner is fit to be one。
Janine
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This book was not actually written for children although because it is written from the horse's point of view it is a book children could read and enjoy。Anna Sewell wrote this to draw attention to the cruelty and abusive treatment of horses during the time she lived。 It resulted in many changes being made to laws protecting horses and raised awareness among millions of people world wide。 She only received 20 pounds for this book。 It has sold more than 50 million copies world wide。 She deserved a This book was not actually written for children although because it is written from the horse's point of view it is a book children could read and enjoy。Anna Sewell wrote this to draw attention to the cruelty and abusive treatment of horses during the time she lived。 It resulted in many changes being made to laws protecting horses and raised awareness among millions of people world wide。 She only received 20 pounds for this book。 It has sold more than 50 million copies world wide。 She deserved a much better life than what she had。 I loved this book and have only read it for the first time in 2020 as a senior。 If you like books about animals and especially horses you will like this book。 。。。more
Sheri B
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A favorite classic to be revisited time and again。
Ava
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a timeless favourite
Vaishnavi Rai
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Its a story about a girl and her pet horse 。 It also focuses on how animals should be treated and tells about the cruelty animals face through in life
Vino Kumar Ponnu Krishnan
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Wonderful Book will teach kindness and how to treat animals。 Must ReadLoved the Black Beauty from Start to Finish。Very pleasant start， Happy Life some suffering then settled well suffer again。。。 Finally back to home。
Gurhankalafat
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Eski bir kitap olmasına rağmen oldukça beğendim yazı tarzı hikayesi mesajı her çocuğa okutulmalı diye düşünüyorum
Natodok
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Great story; I love how it was given。 Good job writer！ If you have some great stories like this one， you can publish it on Novel Star， just submit your story to hardy@novelstar。top
Nur
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I’ve tried to finish this book but i couldn’t…。 Always zoning out while reading it’s pointless… I will just put here as DNF。I’ll try reading her other books。
Reference
google book https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=Black Beauty
hathitrust digital library https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/ls?q1=Black Beauty&field1=ocr&a=srchls&ft=ft&lmt=ft
The British Library https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=any,contains,Black Beauty&tab=LibraryCatalog&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&offset=0