Why did anna sewell wrote black beauty
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Anna Sewell
Anna Sewell (ur. 30 marca1820 w Great Yarmouth, zm. 25 kwietnia1878 w Old Catton, obecnej dzielnicy Norwich) — brytyjska pisarka[1][2].
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[edytuj | edytuj kod]Pochodziła z kwakierskiej rodziny. Jej rodzicami byli Isaac Sewell i jego żona Mary z domu Wright, znana podówczas pisarka[3]. Miała brata Philipa[3]. Cierpiała z powodu słabego zdrowia[4]. Z racji problemów z chodzeniem od dzieciństwa poruszała się przeważnie wozem. Jest znana jako autorka klasycznej powieści Black Beauty (polskie tłumaczenie: Mój Kary, Czarny Książę lub Czarny Diament), opublikowanej w 1877[5]. Jest to jedyne dzieło jej autorstwa[6]. Zmarła na gruźlicę lub zapalenie wątroby kilka miesięcy po ukończeniu dzieła, które przyniosło jej sławę[7].
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The Story of Anna Sewell and Black Beauty
Anna Sewell is Norfolk’s most successful novelist, and her incredible creation ‘Black Beauty’ has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, inspiring a wonderfully nostalgic television series not to mention countless other TV and film adaptations.
The story of Black Beauty is a beautiful tale of patience and courage in adversity and has so much to say about animal welfare issues, and in many ways, Anna Sewell’s own story mirrors that of her timeless creation.
Who was Anna Sewell?
Anna Sewell was born in March 1820 in the coastal town of Great Yarmouth. Her family moved her to London when she was just a year old, and it was there in the city that she first encountered horses as a central part of day-to-day life.
Amongst all the hustle and bustle, she would often witness their hard lives and mistreatment. One day in her early teens, Anna had an a
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This article was originally published in the August 2004 edition of Soul Search, the journal of The Sole Society
Using recently discovered letters and other sources Adrienne Gavin has written the first biography of Anna Sewell for over thirty years, on the 125th anniversary of her death.
Little was recorded of Anna's life and most of the information known about her has come from the accounts of the life of her mother Mary Sewell, a noted Victorian author. Adrienne Gavin has used extracts from letters written by Anna and her family that can be found in the Norfolk Record Office.
Anna Sewell was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 30 March 1820 to Isaac Sewell and his wife Mary neé Wright. Mary was a strong-minded independent woman responsible for educating Anna and her brother Philip. While her mother Mary was a well known author of the time, Anna wrote only one book, Black Beauty, written over six years, at the end of her life. Black Beauty was finally published in 1877, but Anna died five months after it was completed, not living to see the g
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