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Sewell, A: Black Beauty

Sewell, A: Black Beauty


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Ritmul acestui roman clasic este unul așezat, asemenea pasului unui cal de trăsură care parcurge drumul lung al vieții, oferind cititorului timp pentru reflecție și empatie. Notăm cu interes cum Anna Sewell reușește să transforme o narațiune despre supraviețuire într-o pledoarie profundă pentru demnitate, folosind vocea unui narator necuvântător. Black Beauty nu este doar o poveste pentru copii, ci o cronică stratificată a epocii victoriene, unde soarta unui animal depindea în totalitate de capriciile și moralitatea oamenilor. Imaginați-vă tensiunea socială și morală din Ladybird Classics: Black Beauty, dar extinsă aici într-o formă integrală, neabreviată, care păstrează întreaga forță a mesajului original. Structura cărții urmărește traiectoria calului de la siguranța fermei natale până la realitatea dură a străzilor londoneze, fiind punctată de întâlniri memorabile cu alte personaje equine, precum impetuoasa Ginger sau înțeleptul Merrylegs. Merită menționat că această ediție de la WORDSWORTH EDITIONS LTD îmbogățește experiența lecturii prin includerea unor documente de epocă fascinante. Prezența textelor semnate de Charles Darwin sau Thomas Huxley în anexe plasează suferința și inteligența lui Beauty într-un context științific și filosofic veritabil, transformând lectura dintr-o simplă poveste emoționantă într-un studiu despre etica relației om-animal. Este singura lucrare publicată a autoarei, o moștenire literară care a definit genul „pony book” și a influențat decisiv legislația privind protecția animalelor.

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ISBN-13: 9780734305152
ISBN-10: 073430515X
Editura: Penguin Books

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte celor care caută o lectură clasică, plină de noblețe și compasiune. Dincolo de frumusețea narațiunii, cititorul câștigă o perspectivă unică asupra empatiei, învățând că bunătatea față de animale reflectă, de fapt, caracterul uman. Este o piesă esențială pentru orice bibliotecă de beletristică, fiind la fel de relevantă astăzi pentru mesajul său despre respect și responsabilitate.

Despre autor

Anna Sewell (1820–1878) a fost o scriitoare engleză a cărei viață a fost marcată de o dizabilitate fizică suferită în tinerețe, fapt ce a făcut-o să depindă de trăsurile trase de cai pentru mobilitate. Această dependență i-a cultivat o observație fină și o dragoste profundă pentru aceste animale. Singurul său roman, Black Beauty, a fost scris într-o perioadă de declin al sănătății, fiind dictat mamei sale sau scris pe fragmente de hârtie. Deși a murit la doar cinci luni după publicarea cărții în 1877, Sewell a apucat să vadă succesul imediat al operei sale, care a devenit ulterior unul dintre cele mai bine vândute romane din toate timpurile.

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"You saved your mistress's life, Beauty! yes, you saved her life" Black Beauty is the prettiest young horse in the meadows, and spends many happy days under the apple trees with his friends Ginger and Merrylegs. But this easy life comes to an end when Beauty is sold and goes from farm to inn to cabhorse in London, enduring rough treatment from foolish and careless masters. Beauty remains faithful, hardworking and full of spirit despite his trials, and through him we learn that all horses and humans alike deserve to be treated with kindness. BACKSTORY: Find out about the unusual author and learn some horsey vocabulary.

Descriere scurtă

One of the most celebrated and enduringly popular animal stories, 'Black Beauty' was originally written as an appeal for the humane treatment of horses. This suspenseful and deeply moving account of a horse's experiences at the hands of many owners is retold in this classic tale- some, sensitive riders who treated him gently; others, cruel drivers who thoughtlessly inflicted lasting damage. It is a compelling tale of a spirited young Thoroughbred that captured the hearts of readers throughout Victorian England when it was first published in 1877. Anna Sewell's beloved classic reveals as much about human conduct and the social ills of the time as it does about the treatment of animals. Animal lovers of all ages will cherish this memorable story. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Anna Sewell was a kind and generous woman whose great love for horses and desire to see them better treated resulted in the most celebrated animal story of the nineteenth century. Born into a strict Quaker family who lived at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, she was brought up to believe in the importance of self-reliance, moral responsibility and 'tender consideration for the Creatures of God'. From an early age she developed a strong love of animals and abhorred any form of cruelty towards them. She seemed to have a natural affinity with horses, and the great knowledge of horsemanship evident in 'Black Beauty' was born from a lifetime's experience. Anna received her education at home from her mother, who as well as instilling in her a sense of duty and religion also filled the house with music, painting and poetry-she was herself an accomplished ballad-writer-and Anna soon proved a capable pianist and artist. When she was fourteen, Anna, who already suffered from a crippling bone disease, had a fall which left her an invalid for the rest of her life. By her mid-thirties she was no longer able to get around by herself and relied on a pony cart to transport her. Characteristically she never used a whip on her own horses, and one of her intentions with Black Beauty was to 'induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses'. Confined to her room through ill-health, Anna started writing Black Beauty in 1871 but later abandoned the project until 1876. Afraid that she would not live to see the book published she worked laboriously on it despite failing health. Her mother found a publisher for the book and a delighted Anna saw her work in print in November 1877. She died five months later and was buried at the family plot near Old Catton in Norfolk. What Anna did not live to see was the effect her 'little book' has had on the millions of people around the world who have read it. It has been translated into many languages and there have been several attempts at filming it. As Anna hoped, Black Beauty has exercised great influence on the treatment of animals.

Notă biografică

Black Beauty is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she remained in her house as an invalid. *The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but long enough to see her only novel become a success. With fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time. While forthrightly teaching animal welfare, it also teaches how to treat people with kindness, sympathy, and respect. Black Beauty became a forerunner to the pony book genre of children's literature. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 58 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. Perhaps the most celebrated animal story of the nineteenth century, Black Beauty is the suspenseful and deeply moving account of a horse's experiences at the hands of many owners - some, sensitive riders who treated him gently others, cruel drivers who thoughtlessly inflicted lasting damage.Written as the animal's autobiography, and as an appeal for the humane treatment of horses, Anna Sewell's beloved classic reveals as much about human conduct and the social ills of the time as it does about the treatment of animals. Scenes from the lives of both the landed gentry and the impoverished working class offer a subtle but well-rounded perspective of social conditions in England during the late nineteenth century.