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''[[Black Beauty]]'' is an 1877 novel by Anna Sewell, tracing the life of the titular fictional horse from colthood to retirement. Beauty provides a horse's perspective on the human capacity for cruelty and kindness, and comparisons between the treatment of animals and the treatment of poor working-class humans. ▼
| original title = Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse
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| author = Anna Sewell
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| elevator pitch = The (fictional) autobiography of the eponymous horse.
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| publication date = November 24, 1877
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Sewell originally intended the book to be read by people who work with horses, to encourage them to think about the way they treat their animals, but today it is considered a classic of children's literature. [[What Do You Mean It's Not for Kids?|For some reason.]]
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Many film and television adaptations have been made, with varying degrees of faithfulness to the original work.
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: While not getting ''everything'' right (and cutting the dialogue for all of the animals besides Beauty), the 1994 movie starring David Thewlis is the best of the film versions. (Not to mention that David Thewlis as [[Friend to All Living Things|Jerry Barker]] is some of the best casting in film history.)
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