num_pages: 160
description: Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new Classic Starts . The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.Black Beauty is the classic horse story, a beautiful and touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London, it follows Beautys life and changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences and new friends who reveal their own histories, the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era.
language: English
title: Black Beauty
titlecomplete: Black Beauty
genres: Chapter Books, Historical, Animals, Childrens, 21st Century, Young Adult, Childrens Classics, Classic Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 2347
publisher: Union Square Kids