Black Beauty: Classics Illustrated #60
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Black Beauty: Classics Illustrated #60
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Overview
An 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. The novel became an immediate bestseller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, long enough to see her first and only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time. A compelling tale of a spirited young thoroughbred that captured the hearts of readers throughout Victorian England when it was first published. A timeless story of courage, hope, and strength guaranteed to delight readers.
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From its beginnings in the 1940’s to today, Classics Illustrated continues to encourage a love of reading and adventure in youthful minds through beautifully-illustrated comic book adaptations of the world’s most beloved stories by the world’s greatest authors.
A collection of Classics Illustrated books is an inviting start to any young person’s library.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781620280041 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | First Classics |
| Publication date: | 07/11/2013 |
| Series: | Classics Illustrated , #60 |
| Sold by: | De Marque |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 45 |
| File size: | 38 MB |
| Note: | This product may take a few minutes to download. |
| Age Range: | 9 - 14 Years |
About the Author
When she was younger, Jennifer Tanner loved to draw humorous comics about dogs who went on spectacular adventures through time and space, meeting alien creatures along the way. She's never lost that love for telling stories with pictures. She attended the Savannah College of Srt and Design where she received her degree in Sequential Art. Today she spends her time illustrating many comic books.
L. L. Owens has written more than 45 books of fiction and nonfiction for young readers, including American Justice: Seven Famous Trials of the 20th Century. She enjoys reading great books, cooking, and listening to music. Ms. Owens lives in Seattle, Washington, and loves to explore the Pacific Northwest.
Read an Excerpt
Chapter One
My Early Home
The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some shady trees leaned over it, and rushes and water lilies grew at the deep end. Over the hedge on one side we looked into a plowed field, and on the other we looked over a gate at our master's house, which stood by the roadside; at the top of the meadow was a plantation of fir trees, and at the bottom a running brook overhung by a steep bank.
Whilst I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her. When it was hot, we used to stand by the pond in the shade of the trees, and when it was cold, we had a nice warm shed near the plantation.
As soon as I was old enough to eat grass, my mother used to go out to work in the daytime, and came back in the evening.
There were six young colts in the meadow besides me; they were older than I was; some were nearly as large as grown-up horses. I used to run with them, and had great fun; we used to gallop all together round and round the field, as hard as we could go. Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
One day, when there was a good deal of kicking, my mother whinnied to me to come to her, and then she said:
"I wish you to pay attention to what I am going to say to you. The colts who live here are very good colts, but they are cart-horse colts, and, of course, they have not learned manners. You have been well bred and well born; your father has a great name in these parts,and your grandfather won the cup two years at the Newmarket races; your grandmother had the sweetest temper of any horse I ever knew, and I think you have never seen me kick or bite. I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will, lift your feet up well when you trot, and never bite or kick even in play."
I have never forgotten my mother's advice; I knew she was a wise old horse, and our master thought a great deal of her. Her name was Duchess, but he often called her Pet.
Our master was a good, kind man. He gave us good food, good lodging, and kind words; he spoke as kindly to us as he did to his little children. We were all fond of him, and my mother loved him very much. When she saw him at the gate, she would neigh with joy, and trot up to him. He would pat and stroke her and say, "Well, old Pet, and how is your little Darkie?" I was a dull black, so he called me Darkie; then he would give me a piece of bread, which was very good, and sometimes he brought a carrot for my mother. All the horses would come to him, but I think we were his favorites. My mother always took him to the town on a market day in a light gig.
There was a plowboy, Dick, who sometimes came into our field to pluck blackberries from the hedge. When he had eaten all he wanted, he would have what he called fun with the colts, throwing stones and sticks at them to make them gallop. We did not much mind him, for we could gallop off; but sometimes a stone would hit and hurt us.
One day he was at this game, and did not know that the master was in the next field; but he was there, watching what was going on: over the hedge he jumped in a snap, and catching Dick by the arm, he gave him such a box on the ear as made him roar with the pain and surprise. As soon as we saw the master, we trotted up nearer to see what went on.
"Bad boy!" he said. "Bad boy to chase the colts. This is not the first time, nor the second, but it shall be the last. There-take your money and go home, I shall not want you on my farm again." So we never saw Dick anymore. Old Daniel, the man who looked after the horses, was just as gentle as our master, so we were well off.
Table of Contents
| Part 1 | ||
| 1 | My Early Home | 3 |
| 2 | The Hunt | 6 |
| 3 | My Breaking In | 9 |
| 4 | Birtwick Park | 13 |
| 5 | A Fair Start | 16 |
| 6 | Liberty | 20 |
| 7 | Ginger | 22 |
| 8 | Ginger's Story Continued | 26 |
| 9 | Merrylegs | 30 |
| 10 | A Talk in the Orchard | 33 |
| 11 | Plain Speaking | 38 |
| 12 | A Stormy Day | 41 |
| 13 | The Devil's Trade Mark | 44 |
| 14 | James Howard | 47 |
| 15 | The Old Ostler | 50 |
| 16 | The Fire | 53 |
| 17 | John Manly's Talk | 57 |
| 18 | Going for the Doctor | 61 |
| 19 | Only Ignorance | 65 |
| 20 | Joe Green | 68 |
| 21 | The Parting | 71 |
| Part 2 | ||
| 22 | Earshall | 77 |
| 23 | A Strike For Liberty | 81 |
| 24 | The Lady Anne | 84 |
| 25 | Reuben Smith | 90 |
| 26 | How It Ended | 94 |
| 27 | Ruined And Going Down-Hill | 97 |
| 28 | A Job-Horse And His Drivers | 100 |
| 29 | Cockneys | 104 |
| 30 | A Thief | 110 |
| 31 | A Humbug | 113 |
| Part 3 | ||
| 32 | A Horse Fair | 119 |
| 33 | A London Cab Horse | 123 |
| 34 | An Old War Horse | 127 |
| 35 | Jerry Barker | 132 |
| 36 | The Sunday Cab | 138 |
| 37 | The Golden Rule | 143 |
| 38 | Dolly and a Real Gentleman | 147 |
| 39 | Seedy Sam | 151 |
| 40 | Poor Ginger | 155 |
| 41 | The Butcher | 158 |
| 42 | The Election | 161 |
| 43 | A Friend in Need | 163 |
| 44 | Old Captain and his Successor | 167 |
| 45 | Jerry's New Year | 171 |
| Part 4 | ||
| 46 | Jakes and the Lady | 179 |
| 47 | Hard Times | 183 |
| 48 | Farmer Thoroughgood and his Grandson Willie | 187 |
| 49 | My Last Home | 191 |
| Questions, Questions, Questions | 195 | |
| About the Author, About the Illustrator | 199 |
What People are Saying About This
"[Simon Vance's] narration makes a heartfelt story into a listening experience for the family to share together." —-AudioFile