An abridged version of Anna Sewell's best-loved novel Black Beauty. The young colt Black Beauty begins life in a loving home. But his owners are forced to sell him, and Black Beauty's fortune changes. He is moved from place to place and job to job, often suffering cruel treatment and harsh conditions -- until a chance encounter leads to a new turn of events.
This is Book 5 in the Classics Series. See all Classics books here.
Anna Sewell was born in 1820 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. At the age of fourteen she injured both of her ankles in an accident, which meant that she could never walk properly again. Because of this she relied heavily on travelling in horse-drawn carriages, and it was from here that her love of horses grew. In 1871 Anna be
