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Anna Sewell (1820–1878)

Author of Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Includes the names: Anna swell, Anna Sewel, Ann Sewell, Anna Sewell, Anna Sewall, Anna Sewell, Anna Sewall, Anne Sewell, Schriftstellerin Anna Sewell, Anna Sewell Grosset and Dunlap (1945) ... (see complete list)

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Anna Sewell, March 30, 1820 - April 25, 1878 Anna Sewell was on March 30, 1820 in Yarmouth, Norfolk, England. She was raised a Quaker by her father a bank manager and her mother, a children's novelist. At the age of fourteen, Sewell hurt her knee during a fall and the injury never healed right. Even though she could not walk well, she could still ride horses and drive a horse drawn buggy. It was this form of freedom that sparked her concern for the welfare of horses. She wrote "Black Beauty" when she was in her fifties, but died a year after it was published in 1877. While she never earned much from the book while she was alive, after her death, the novel snowballed into a something extraordinary. The book was about the abuses horses sustained in their lifetimes, but was told from the unique viewpoint of the horse. Even though the book was intended for children, it impacted all generations and caused everyone who read it to take a look at the inhumane treatment horses received. In the one hundred plus years since "Black Beauty" had been published, over 30 million copies have been printed. At least eight motion pictures have been made based on the novel and it is a well known children's classic. Anna Sewell died on April 25, 1878 in Old Catton, Norfolk. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse… (more)
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Works by Anna Sewell
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse 16,573 copies, 198 reviews
Black Beauty (Great Illustrated Classics) 672 copies, 1 review
Black Beauty (Eyewitness Classics) 332 copies, 2 reviews
Black Beauty (Dover Children's Thrift Classics) 302 copies, 2 reviews
Black Beauty (Classic Starts) 275 copies
Black Beauty (Treasury of Illustrated Classics) 225 copies, 1 review
Black Beauty (Illustrated Junior Library) 187 copies
Companion Library: Black Beauty / The Call of the Wild 149 copies
Black Beauty (Junior Classics for Young Readers) 141 copies, 1 review
Black Beauty (Ladybird Classics) 120 copies
Black Beauty (Dalmatian Press Adapted Classic) 105 copies
Black Beauty/Book and Necklace 82 copies
Black Beauty (Penguin Readers, Level 2) 76 copies, 5 reviews
Black Beauty/Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Classic Library Series) 75 copies
Black Beauty (Moby Illustrated Classic Editions) 74 copies, 2 reviews
Black Beauty: A Classic Story About Respect 57 copies
Black Beauty Coloring Book 54 copies, 1 review
Black Beauty Young Folks' Edition 44 copies
The Enchanted Collection: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Secret… 42 copies
101 Words to Know - Black Beauty (101 Words to Know) 42 copies
Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse (Hear It Read It Classics) 35 copies
Black Beauty's Early Days in the Meadow 34 copies
Children's Classic Compendium: Black Beauty / Wind in the Willows / Water… 32 copies
Black Beauty (Classics for Young Readers) 28 copies
Greatest Horse Stories 25 copies
Black Beauty (adapted and abridged by Alice Thorne) 23 copies
Black Beauty (Pocket Classics) 14 copies
Black Beauty (Now Age Illus I Ser) 13 copies
Black Beauty (Bring the Classics to Life: Level 2) 13 copies
Black Beauty (Knickerbocker Children's Classics) 13 copies
Black Beauty Abridg (Grosset & Dunlap Junior Classics) 13 copies
Black Beauty (Longman Classics, Stage 1) 13 copies
Black Beauty (Whitman Classics) 12 copies
Black Beauty (Classics Illustrated) 12 copies
Oxford Children's Classics: Black Beauty 11 copies
Black Beauty (The Weekly Reader Classics) 11 copies
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Black Beauty 11 copies
The Annotated Black Beauty 10 copies
Black Beauty (Illustrated Classics from MacDonald's Restaurants) 10 copies
Black Beauty (Penguin Readers Level 3) 9 copies
Illustrated Classics - Black Beauty: Abridged Novels With Review Questions… 8 copies
Black Beauty, a Golden Illustrated Classic 7 copies
Black Beauty: An Audible Original Drama 7 copies
Black Beauty: Classic Collections 7 copies
Child-Story Readers: Literary Selections 6 copies
Black Beauty Book Companion Library 5 copies
Black Beauty (Lake Illustrated Classics, Collection 1) 5 copies
Chalk Art Children's Classics 4 Book Boxed Set 5 copies
Black Beauty (New Method Supplementary Readers) 5 copies
Black Beauty (Abridged Classics) 5 copies
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Classics: Level 16: Black Beauty 4 copies
Black Beauty Illustrated 4 copies
Black Beauty (Orient Longman Easy Readers) 4 copies
Siyah Inci 4 copies
Black Beauty (Abridged) 4 copies
Walt Disney Presents The Story Of Black Beauty : A Little Golden Book D111 4 copies
Watermill Classic Collection - (10 Volume Boxed Set) - Black Beauty, The… 4 copies
Scholastic Classics: Black Beauty 3 copies
Black beauty (Author) 3 copies
Black Beauty: Titan Classics (Illustrated) 3 copies
Black Beauty (Classic Pop-Ups) 3 copies
Black Beauty Anna Sewell 1951 Whitman Publishing Company (Author) 3 copies
Black beauty : graphic novel study guide 2 copies
Black Beauty [abridged - Tales Retold] 2 copies
Black Bruin: The Biography of a Bear 2 copies
Apple Classics: Black Beauty 2 copies
Black Beauty: Bath Treasury of Children's Classics (Bath Classics) 2 copies
RARE 1927 COLOR ILLUSTRATED BLACK BEAUTY AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A HORSE GIFT… 2 copies
Lucile 2 copies
Black Beauty. Dean edition 2 copies
Illustrated Classic Editions, No. 4504: Black Beauty (Moby Books) 2 copies
Big Big Favorite Stories 2 copies
Adventures of Black Beauty (Illustrated Classic) 2 copies
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell illustrated edition 2 copies
Black Beauty [abridged - Vance] 2 copies
Hinkler Illustrated Classics Black Beauty 1 copy
The Black Beauty Collection: (Illustrated) 1 copy
Čierny krásavec [najslávnejší príbeh… 1 copy
Black Beauty and Country Roads : His Grooms and Companions 1 copy
Histoires de Chiens (Petit Poisson Deviendra Grand Niveau 3) (French… 1 copy
Black Beauty 8th Book in The Boston Gloe Series (Black Beauty in Boston… 1 copy
O Cavalo Preto Livro 1 1 copy
Black Beauty - ABRIDGED - Copy B 1 copy
Black Beauty-CD 1 copy
Black Beauty Audiobook 1 copy
Black Beauty - Adapted and Abridged 1 copy
Black Beauty (Juvenile adaptation) 1 copy
6-Volume Children's Classics Set: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The… 1 copy
Black Beauty: Anna Sewell's Classic Story [abridged - Paul Brown] 1 copy
Black Beauty [abridged - Children's Classics audio] 1 copy
First Student's Classics: Black Beauty 1 copy
Snug Corner Series 1 copy
BLACK BEAUTY . A Wonderful Story for Girls and Boys . [Childrens Book] 1 copy
VIDEO Black Beauty 1 copy
书虫·牛津英汉双语读物：黑骏马（4级） 1 copy
[(Oxford Reading Tree Treetops Classics: Level 16: Black Beauty)] [ By… 1 copy
Puffin Classics Boxed Set (Puffin Classics) 1 copy
Modern Promotion's Black Beauty (A Children's Classic Book) 1 copy
Black Beauty and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm 1 copy
Black Beauty, Class Set. Level 2 (A1/A2) 1 copy
Black Beauty - 1945 edition 1 copy
Black Beauty TK 4465 Scholastic Book Services 1 copy
Black Beauty (Illustrated & Annotated): Classic Children's Literature… 1 copy
Rare BLACK BEAUTY by Anna Sewell, 1954 Junior Deluxe Edition in DJ 1 copy
Siyah Inci-Kisaltilmis Metin 1 copy
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Classics: Level 16: Pack of 6 1 copy
Zwarte Prins 1 copy
Black Beauty (Abridged) 1 copy
Schwarzes Fohlen Hurrikan 1 copy
Longman classics read classics to learn English: Black Beauty 1 copy
Black Beauty as told by Uncle Mal (Malcolm Claire) 1 copy
Sewell's Works (20 vols.) 1 copy
Bleack Beauty 1 copy
Re Moro : Autobiografia di un Cavallo 1 copy
Black Beauty; Children's Classics, Anna Sewell Retold by Ron Holt 1 copy
Uljas musta Jane Carruthin kertomana 1 copy
BLACK BEAUTY (Read & Listen Books) - Book and CD 1 copy
Black Beauty. Childrens Press edition 1 copy
Sleeping Beauty 1 copy
Black Beauty: The Greatest Horse Story Ever Told 1 copy
BLACK BEAUTY and THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE - The Childrens Red Books Series 1 copy
Black Beauty (Versione italiana) (I classici del Battello a vapore Vol. 4) 1 copy
Black Beauty [Cecil Aldin ills.] 1 copy
Black Beauty (Jugendklassiker) 1 copy
Black Beauty Read Along: Bring the Classics to Life Book & CD Level 2 1 copy
Black Beauty. Abridged. = Black Beauty / Anna Sewell ; adapted by Eleanor… 1 copy
Classics Illustrated CCS, No. 023: Black Beauty 1 copy
Black Company 1 copy
Melnais Skaistulis : romāns 1 copy
Diamante Negro. A História De Um Cavalo - Classicos Nacional (Em… 1 copy
Great Illustrated Classic: Black Beauty 1 copy
BLACK BEAUTY An Easy to Read Book 1 copy
Black Beauty: Level 4 (Heinle Reading Library) 1 copy
Early 1900's 9 Book Collection (The Children's Classics) 1 copy
Černý krasavec 1 copy
Černý hřebec 1 copy
Black Beauty (Condensed) 1 copy
Fagri Blakkur 1 copy
Black Beauty : the autobiography of a horse ; rewritten for young children 1 copy
Black Beauty - Compton's Famous Classics for Children 1 copy
BLACK BEAUTY - EARLY READER SERIES 1 (Early Reader Series 1) 1 copy
Black Beauty : retold by Mary Farrer 1 copy
Black Beauty: Pop-up Bk 1 copy
Aventuras Classicas - Beleza Negra (Em Portugues do Brasil) 1 copy
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Date of birth
1820-03-30
Date of death
1878-04-25
Burial location
Quaker Burial Ground, Lammas, Norfolk, England, UK
Gender
female
Nationality
UK
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Birthplace
Yarmouth, England, UK
Place of death
Old Catton, Norfolk, England, UK
Cause of death
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Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK (birth)
Old Catton, Norfolk, England, UK (death)
Wick, England, UK
Dalton, England, UK
Lancing, West Sussex, England, UK
Education
at home
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novelist
editor
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Sewell, Mrs. Mary (mother)
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Anna Sewell was the daughter of popular English poet and children's writer Mary Sewell and her husband Isaac, devout Quakers. Anna was disabled as the result of a childhood injury and was confined to home for much of her life. She helped edit her mother's works. In 1845, the family moved to Lancing in West Sussex, and it may have been here, with the acquisition of a pony chaise, that Anna developed her love of horses. Her only published novel was Black Beauty (1877), but its lasting fame and popularity is so great as to make her one of the all-time bestselling writers. It was published when she was 57 years old, and she died five months later.
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