Black Beauty Novel - Listen To Anna Sewell

Listen to the audio book of Black Beauty a novel, written in 1877, about a horse that is passed from owner to owner. The author, Anna Sewell, was inspired to write this story by the cruelty she saw to horses. As a young girl Anna injured her ankle; the treatment she received was inadequate and as a result she was unable to walk. It is because of this that Anna had to rely on the horse and cart, and it is from this experience that she gained her knowledge of the cruelty to horses.

1: (Listen the audio book Free Here) Black Beauty Chapter _01_By Anna Sewell





The novel chronicals the life of Black Beauty during which he meets many different horses, each of which have different personalities. Black Beauty also meets lots of horse owners that treat him differently. The chapters are each dedicated to an incident in Black Beauty's Life and the cruelty and often heart breaking treatment of horses.

Sadly, Anna Sewell will never know of the phenomenal sales and impact her novel has had -“sixth best seller in the English language” - as she died soon after it was published.

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Listen to an extract below. Black beauty is a wonderful children's audio or adults audio book. You can also purchase black beauty DVD.

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