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Black Beauty

Anna Sewell

Start date: August 1, 2017

Finish date: August 31, 2017

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Aug 28, 2015 Cosmic Arcata rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I loved how it taught empathy!

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Mar 06, 2012 Alana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: children-youth, books-to-film, historical-fiction, classics, 1001-children-s-books, educational

I remember liking this story as a child, but reading it as an adult is more eye-opening. It's a good morality tale for children, but full of very adult moral themes as well, such as this one:

Chapter 34: "...'I have heard people talk about war as if it was a very fine thing.' 'Ah!...I should think they never saw it. No doubt it is very fine when there is no enemy, when it is just exercise and parade, and sham-fight. Yes, it is very fine then; but when thousands of good brave men and horses are ki ...more

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Jul 13, 2016 Rachel Buller rated it liked it

I will be doing a detailed review on my Youtube channel, 'Literary Reviews by Rachel' so please check that out.

I quite liked this book as some of the themes throughout are quiet adult and maybe too serious for young children to wrap their heads around. Religion is a large them and also the issue of being a good person in general. It is a very emotive text and as it is told from the perspective of the animals, you really travel with them and the live the positions that they are in. ...more

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