Black Beauty, with eBook: The Autobiography of a Horse

Product Description<br/><br/><br/>MP3 CD Format Every child loves a story about a horse, and<br/>Black Beauty remains one of the finest, most touching ever written. Set in Victorian London, the novel follows the shifting fortunes of a horse as he moves from owner to owner. Narrated by the noble Black Beauty himself, the tale offers an animal's perspective of the world and highlights the thoughtless, even cruel treatment animals endured during that period.<br/><br/><br/>Review<br/><br/><br/>[Simon Vance's] narration makes a heartfelt story into a listening experience for the family to share together."-- "AudioFile"<br/><br/>[Simon Vance's] narration makes a heartfelt story into a listening experience for the family to share together.-- "AudioFile"<br/><br/><br/>About the Author<br/><br/><br/>Anna Sewell (18201878) was born in England. A knee injury at fourteen left her disabled, but she rode and drove horses very well. She began learning about horses early in life, spending many hours driving her father to and from the station from which he commuted to work. Her dependence on horse-drawn transportation fostered her respect of horses. She wrote her one book, Black Beauty, in her fifties, and it was published in 1877 just five months before she died. Although it is now considered a childrens classic, she originally wrote it for those who worked with horses. She said a special aim [was] to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses. The book has had a tremendous impact in creating a new wave of humane thinking towards animals.