Coquitlam Public Library

Black Beauty

Label
Black Beauty
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
Black Beauty
Medium
electronic resource
Summary
This well known classic, an autobiography of the horse Black Beauty, beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. It has been cited as "the most influential anticruelty novel of all time" by Bernard Unti. The novel was an immediate best seller, and is one of best selling books of all time. Narrated by Michael Ward
Target audience
juvenile
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