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Black Beauty
Hardback
Main Details
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Black Beauty
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anna Sewell
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:288 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 184,Width 138 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780141334882
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.8 |
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| Illustrations |
b & w line
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Random House Children's UK
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| Imprint |
Puffin Classics
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| Publication Date |
6 March 2008 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of men who treat animals badly. But Black Beauty has an unbreakable spirit and will, and is determined to survive...
Author Biography
Anna Sewell (1820-78) was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Black Beauty, her only book, was completed and published in 1877, just a few months before she died, so she did not live to know of the book's huge success. Apart from being a good story, Black Beauty was instrumental in changing people's attitudes towards horses, and domestic animals in general.
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