![]() ![]() ![]() Adapted for film and television on numerous occasions, as well as being translated into 50 languages, Black Beauty helped change perceptions of animal welfare through greater empathy and awareness.īlack Beauty has an idyllic early life and spends his formative years living with his mother, Duchess, on a farm owned by a kindly man. She grew to love and understand them, and her concern for their welfare planted the seed for the novel, which condemns animal cruelty. Its longevity is testament to the simple yet enduring theme of animals’ interaction with humans, and children still laugh and cry with the equine protagonist as sincerely as when Black Beauty was first published nearly 150 years ago.Īfflicted by a debilitating injury at a young age, Sewell spent much of her life unable to move freely and reliant on horses for transport. ![]() Many writers spend a lifetime working towards literary recognition Anna Sewell wrote a single book and it is still one of the best-selling titles of all time, having sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. ![]()
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