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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 30 March 1820
- Died
- 25 April 1878
- Works
- 420
Top works
- Best Horse Stories Ever
- Black Beauty to read aloud
- Best Stories of All Time : Black Beauty, White Dandy, the Secret Garden, Treasure Island
- Black Beauty (Original Text Edition)
- Black Beauty
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 146
- Total plays
- 2,473
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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Quotes
- “To my dear and honoured Mother, whose life, no less than her pen, has been devoted to the welfare of others, this little book is affectionately dedicated.”
- “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 ploughed 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.”
- “[D]o your best wherever it is, and keep up your good name.”
- “[A] bad-tempered man will never make a good-tempered horse.”
- “Oh! if people knew what a comfort to horses a light hand is.”
- “[T]hey always think they can improve upon nature and mend what God has made.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1820-03-30 ) 30 March 1820, Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , England
- Died
- 25 April 1878 (1878-04-25) (aged 58) , Old Catton , Norfolk, England
- Resting place
- Quaker burial ground, Lamas
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Period
- 19th century
- Genre
- Children's literature
- Parents
- Mary Wright Sewell , Isaac Phillip Sewell
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Wikidata facts
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- Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1820-03-20
- date of death
- 1878-04-25
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- name in native language
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Anna Sewell, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
Anna Sewell (/ˈsjuːəl/; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878) was an English novelist who is known for her only book, Black Beauty, a novel about a horse. She was born into a Quaker family in Norfolk and moved to London as a baby. Her mother, Mary Wright Sewell, was the author of popular children's books. Sewell never married and always lived with her parents, in Sussex, Gloucestershire and Norfolk. A chronic illness left her leading a life of invalidism, with trips to spa resorts in England and continental Europe. She joined her mother in carrying out charitable work and also edited her mother's books. Black Beauty was written between 1871 and 1877 and published a few months before Sewell's death.
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