Black Beauty

by Sewell, Anna | Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Published 05/04/1993 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of the Wordsworth Children's Classics series
Paperback | 208 pages
193 x 120 x 12mm | 160g

Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty was an immediate success on its publication in 1877, and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies.

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 is one of the most popular children’s books ever written.