Bibliograph

Black Beauty, the autobiography of a horse

Type

Label

Black Beauty, the autobiography of a horse

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Black Beauty

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Illustrated junior library, 6007

Sub title

the autobiography of a horse

Summary

Black Beauty is a novel by English author Anna Sewell published in 1877. The story is told in the first person and is a fictional autobiographical memoir told from the perspective of a horse named Black Beauty. The story follows this horses life, from his young days on an English farm with his mother, to the more dreadful years of pulling cabs in London, and ending with his happy retirement in the country. The book at the time of its publication, somewhat inadvertently helped gain justice for mistreated animals (specifically horses) in the London cab industry, as well as to help those cab drivers combat unfair government regulations. It has sold over 50 million copies making one of the best-selling books of all time

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Contributor