Black Beauty

By Anna Sewell (Author)

OVERVIEW
This powerful narrative, told from the perspective of a horse, is now available in an unabridged, illustrated cloth hardcover edition in Union Square and Co.’s Children's Signature Clothbound Classics series.

Despite Black Beauty being her only published work, Anna Sewell is widely regarded as one of the most successful children's novelists from England. Black Beauty chronicles the life of a horse in Victorian England. At the hands of different owners, he experiences discipline, friendship, overwork, and, ultimately, love. Young readers will be moved by this empathetic novel about animal treatment—a story that’s still relevant even today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Anna Sewell (1820–1878) was an English novelist. She is the author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty, her only published work, which is considered one of the top ten bestselling novels for children, although the author intended the work for an adult audience. Sewell died only five months after Black Beauty was published, but lived long enough to experience the positive reception to her work.

Pub Date: 10/1/2024

ISBN: 9781454957324

Price: $14.99 / $19.99 CAN

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 272 pages, 10 b-w illus.

Trim: 5.5 x 6.5 x 0 Inches

Territories: World

Category: Classics

Age Range: 8 and up

Publisher: Union Square Kids

Carton Quantity: 30

Series: Children's Signature Clothbound Editions