Boek
Black Beauty
| Auteur | Anna Sewell |
| Eerste Uitgave | 1877 |
| Uitgave | 2006 |
| Uitgeverij | Project Gutenberg |
| Vorm | jeugd |
| Taal | Engels |
| Bladzijden | 116 bladzijden |
| Gelezen | 2024-08-20 |
| Score | 7/10 |
Inhoud
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 kind and some of them cruel. All he needs is someone to love him again...
This is his amazing story, told as only He, Black Beauty himself, could tell it.
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Born in 1829 to a young Quaker couple, Anna Sewell grew up in poverty in London. She was fourteen when she fell and injured her ankle, which left her permanently disabled. Rejecting the life of a Victorian invalid, she developed an extraordinary empathy with horses, learning to ride side-saddle and to drive a small carriage. Rebellious and independent-minded, Anna suffered periods of severe depression as a young woman. She left the Quaker movement, but remained close friends with the women writers and abolitionists who had been empowered by its liberal principles. It was not until she became terminally ill, aged 51, that she found the courage to write her own book.
Tragically, she died just five months after the book was published in 1877. Black Beauty is now recognised as the first anthropomorphic novel in english language, a children's literature classic. It had an extraordinary emotional impact on readers of all ages. After modest success in Britain, it was taken up by a charismatic American, George Thorndike Angell (1823–1909), a campaigner against animal cruelty who made it one of the bestselling novels of all time.