Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
A Puffin Story Book
Black Beauty, 1954. Cover illustration by Charlotte Hough
(postcard from 2011)
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Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell (March 30, 1820 - April 25, 1878). It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was confined to her house as an invalid. The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, long enough to see her first and only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy and respect.
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