Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

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"Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell is a novel published in 1877. Told as an autobiography narrated by a horse, it follows Black Beauty from his carefree days as a foal through hardships as a working horse in London to eventual retirement. Through the horse's perspective, the story reveals both cruelty and kindness in Victorian England's treatment of animals.

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Topics: Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction · Historical fiction · Horses -- Juvenile fiction · Human-animal relationships -- Juvenile fiction