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Black Beauty: The

Autobiography of a Horse
(Illustrated by Cecil
Aldin)
By
Anna Sewell
Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It
was composed in the last years of her life, during which she
remained in her house as an invalid.The novel became an immediate
best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication,
but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a
success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the
best-selling books of all time.
As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when
his owner is forced to sell him, his life changes drastically. He has
many new owners--some of them cruel and some of them kind. All
he needs is someone to love him again...Whether pulling an elegant
carriage or a ramshackle cab, Black Beauty tries to live as best he
can. This is his amazing story, told as only he could tell it.

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