Anna Sewell
Personal Information
Description
"Anna Sewell was born in 1820 and died in 1878. She was lame from childhood and spent most of her life as a semi-invalid living at Brighton where her father had a position as a Bank Manager. Her mother wrote several moral tales in verse for children. Anna wrote only one book, Black Beauty, which was published 1877, and which sold over 100,000 copies in the first twenty years. It has been translated into French, Italian, German and has been described as 'one of themost successful animal stories ever written." (Biographical note from "Black Beauty", Blackie & Son Ltd., Glasgow, ca 1950s.)
Books
Black Beauty (Anna Sewell Collection)
Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat, a white foot and a silver star on his forehead. Seen through his eyes, the story tells of his idyllic upbringing and the hardship and cruelty he suffers subsequently, before finding security and happiness in a new home.
Black Beauty [adaptation]
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.
The Ultimate Children's Classic Collection
Alice's adventures in Wonderland & Through the looking-glass / Lewis Carroll ; with illustrations by John Tenniel -- Black Beauty / Anna Sewell -- Peter Pan & Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens / J.M. Barrie -- The jungle book & The second jungle book / Rudyard Kipling -- The little prince / Antoine de Saint Exupéry ; translated by Irene Testot-Ferry -- The secret garden / Frances Hodgson Burnett -- The wind in the willows / Kenneth Grahame -- Treasure Island / Robert Louis Stevenson.
Black Beauty / Call of the Wind
Companion Library 2 books in one special: Black Beauty and The Call of the Wild together in one hardcover book.
Greatest horse stories
Black Beauty/Anna Sewell; Unbroken/Jessie Haas; National Velvet/Enid Bagnold.
A Children's Treasury
Selected stories and poems by the renowned Australian writer.
Black beauty: his grooms and companions
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.