Anna Sewell fue una mujer de profunda compasión, cuyo amor de toda la vida por los caballos y su deseo de un mejor trato hacia ellos resultaron en la historia animal más célebre del siglo XIX. Criada en una estricta familia cuáquera, se le inculcaron valores de autosuficiencia, responsabilidad moral y 'tierna consideración por las Criaturas de Dios'. Su obra, escrita en medio de problemas de salud crónicos, se erige como una narrativa magistral contada desde la perspectiva de un caballo. Este conmovedor relato no solo resalta la crueldad de la posesión, sino que también celebra el espíritu resiliente de los animales, subrayando la importancia de la amabilidad y la comprensión en el vínculo entre humanos y animales.
"Black Beauty is a hardworking horse with a lively spirit. As he grows from a young colt to a handsome stallion, he has many different owners. Some owners are kind and gentle, while others treat him poorly. Will Black Beauty be able to find an owner who will care for him with respect?"--back cover
"Read Black Beauty's story in his own words, in this atmospheric retelling of Anna Sewell's classic story."--Page 4 of cover.
Jazyková úroveň A1-A2. Podle příběhu Anny Sewell. Román Anny Sewell, poprvé vydaný v roce 1877, je jednou z nejoblíbenějších dětských knih, která kdy byla napsána. Popisuje svět očima hezkého a milého koně. Černý krasavec vypráví příběhy ze svého idylického mládí, kdy jako hříbě pobíhal na lukách anglické farmy, stejně jako o strádání a krutosti, kterými trpěl v rukou člověka, než našel šťastný domov.
Black Beauty. Peter Pan. The Call of the Wild. The Wind in the Willows. The Adventures of Robin Hood. The Secret Garden. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Anne of Green Gables
In a specially adapted edition for young readers by Deidre S. Laiken. As a young colt grazing in the green meadow with his mother, black Beauty could never have guessed what was in store for him. This is Black Beauty's own story of his life...of his kind and cruel owners, the people who mistreated and loved him, and the things he saw happening to his friends in the country and in the city. Black Beauty shows that horses have feelings too, and sometimes the even know things that people don't.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
We are presenting this edition as a part of the selected Christmas specials and classics published for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty-beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty's life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect.