Black Beauty (Wordsworth's Children's Classics)
Author(s): Anna Sewell
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.
Product Information
Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003. Shortlisted for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003.
General Fields
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- : Wordsworth Editions, Limited
- : Wordsworth Editions Ltd
- : 0.113
- : 01 December 1992
- : 198mm X 126mm X 11mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 1993
- : books
Special Fields
- : Anna Sewell
- : Paperback
- : New edition
- : English
- : 823.8
- : 2-12
- : 208
- : illustrations