Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strongspirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh greenmeadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master.But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes froma life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty.Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of menwho treat animals badly. But Black Beauty has an unbreakable spiritand will, and is determined to survive...With a wonderfulintroduction by award-winning author Meg Rosoff, "Black Beauty" isone of the twelve best-loved classic stories being launched in thenewly branded "Puffin Classics" series in March 2008.
【作者简介】
Anna Sewell (1820-78) was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.Black Beauty, her only book, was completed and published in 1877,just a few months before she died, so she did not live to know ofthe book's huge success. Apart from being a good story, BlackBeauty was instrumental in changing people's attitudes towardshorses, and domestic animals in general.
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