Anna Sewell était une femme d'une profonde compassion, dont l'amour de toute une vie pour les chevaux et le désir d'un meilleur traitement pour eux ont abouti à l'histoire animale la plus célèbre du dix-neuvième siècle. Élevée dans une famille quaker stricte, elle s'est vu inculquer des valeurs d'autosuffisance, de responsabilité morale et de 'tendre considération pour les Créatures de Dieu'. Son œuvre, rédigée au milieu de problèmes de santé chroniques, s'impose comme un récit magistral raconté du point de vue d'un cheval. Ce conte poignant met non seulement en lumière la cruauté de la possession, mais célèbre également l'esprit de résilience des animaux, soulignant l'importance de la gentillesse et de la compréhension dans le lien homme-animal.
"Black Beauty is a hardworking horse with a lively spirit. As he grows from a young colt to a handsome stallion, he has many different owners. Some owners are kind and gentle, while others treat him poorly. Will Black Beauty be able to find an owner who will care for him with respect?"--back cover
"Read Black Beauty's story in his own words, in this atmospheric retelling of Anna Sewell's classic story."--Page 4 of cover.
Jazyková úroveň A1-A2. Podle příběhu Anny Sewell. Román Anny Sewell, poprvé vydaný v roce 1877, je jednou z nejoblíbenějších dětských knih, která kdy byla napsána. Popisuje svět očima hezkého a milého koně. Černý krasavec vypráví příběhy ze svého idylického mládí, kdy jako hříbě pobíhal na lukách anglické farmy, stejně jako o strádání a krutosti, kterými trpěl v rukou člověka, než našel šťastný domov.
Black Beauty. Peter Pan. The Call of the Wild. The Wind in the Willows. The Adventures of Robin Hood. The Secret Garden. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Anne of Green Gables
In a specially adapted edition for young readers by Deidre S. Laiken. As a young colt grazing in the green meadow with his mother, black Beauty could never have guessed what was in store for him. This is Black Beauty's own story of his life...of his kind and cruel owners, the people who mistreated and loved him, and the things he saw happening to his friends in the country and in the city. Black Beauty shows that horses have feelings too, and sometimes the even know things that people don't.
This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students. Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence. Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension. Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension. Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words.
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
We are presenting this edition as a part of the selected Christmas specials and classics published for this joyful and charming holiday season, for all those who want to keep the spirit of Christmas alive with a heartwarming tale. The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty-beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty's life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect.