They published it the same year, and it became an instant success. Sewell sold her masterpiece to Jarrold and Sons in 1877 for a single payment of £20. Though she was spirited, the Sewells loved her and considered her one of the family. Sewell biographers believe that the title character was based on Bess, a spunky horse owned by her family. She started Black Beauty when she was 51, and it was her first and only publication. SEWELL WASN'T PUBLISHED UNTIL SHE WAS 57 YEARS OLD.Īnna honed her writing skills by helping her mother edit her books, but she didn't get her own book published until she was 57. The elder Sewell wrote several books, including Mother’s Last Words and Other Ballads and Homely Ballads for The Working Man’s Fireside. Though Anna would eventually eclipse her mother in both fame and book sales, Mary Wright Sewell was the more successful author for most of her life. AUTHOR ANNA SEWELL'S MOTHER WAS THE WRITER OF THE FAMILY. It’s actually Black Beauty, his grooms and companions the autobiography of a horse, 'Translated from the original equine by Anna Sewell'. Read on to learn more about the classic tale. Though it was written during a time when horses were beasts of burden far more than they are today, the animal cruelty issue still resonates-which is why Black Beauty is one of the best selling books in history. Happy anniversary to Black Beauty, which turns 138 today.
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