{"product_id":"black-beauty-11","title":"Black Beauty","description":"\u003cp\u003e6C Anna Sewell, Illustrated by Cecil Aldin. London: Jarrolds, ca.1910.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"14\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBlack Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e, written by Anna Sewell and published in 1877, is a novel told from the perspective of a horse, chronicling his life from carefree foal to working animal facing both kindness and cruelty. Through the voice of Black Beauty, Sewell exposes the harsh realities of 19th-century treatment of horses—overwork, harsh bits, and neglect—while advocating for compassion, humane care, and ethical responsibility toward animals. The book was groundbreaking in giving a non-human narrator a fully realized, empathetic voice, and it became an immediate moral and social success, influencing public attitudes toward animal welfare. Today, \u003cem data-start=\"647\" data-end=\"661\"\u003eBlack Beauty\u003c\/em\u003e is recognized as a classic of children’s literature and a seminal work in the genre of animal fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLarge blue\/green fabric binding with gold tooling of a horse and colt on front cover. Sunning to spine. Blue\/green top edge. Colored illustrations throughout. Very good condition. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moons Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57943924932774,"sku":null,"price":295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/moons-rare-books.myshopify.com\/products\/black-beauty-11","provider":"Moons Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}