Sewell, Anna, 1820-1878.

Black Beauty / Anna Sewell ; [chapter illustration, George Heaven] - London : Vintage Books, 2012. - 296 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Vintage classics (London, England) .

"The Backstory: find out about the unusual author and learn some horsey vocabulary."--Back cover.

Black Beauty is the prettiest young horse in the meadows, and spends many happy days under the apple trees with his friends Ginger and Merrylegs. But this easy life comes to an end when Beauty is sold and goes from farm to inn to cabhorse in London, enduring rough treatment from foolish and careless masters.

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Black Beauty (fictitious character)--Juvenile fiction.


Horses--Juvenile fiction.
Animal welfare--Juvenile fiction.


Great Britain--Social conditions--Juvenile fiction.