[4] She received a single payment of £40 (£3,456 or US$4,630 in 2017) and the book was published the same year. Books Advanced Search New Releases Best Sellers & More Children's Books Textbooks Textbook Rentals Best Books of the Month 1-16 of 504 results for Books : Anna Sewell Skip to main search results Anna Sewell (Author), Victor Ambrus (Illustrator) 4.7 out of 5 stars 7 ratings. There's a problem loading this menu right now. Anna Sewell (/ˈsuːəl/; 30 March 1820 – 25 April 1878)[1] was an English novelist.
[6] At fourteen, Sewell slipped and severely injured her ankles. Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. [13], A memorial fountain to Sewell is located at the junction of Constitution Hill and St. Clement's Hill in Norwich, which also marks the entrance to Sewell Park.
[4], In 1822, Isaac's business, a small shop, failed and the family moved to Dalston, London. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. [5], While living in Old Catton, Sewell wrote the manuscript of Black Beauty – in the period between 1871 and 1877. Although it is now considered a children's classic, Sewell originally wrote it for those who worked with horses. See search results for this author. I know Quaker ground is not consecrated, but for anybody to just pull down gravestones of any Quaker, whether it's Anna Sewell or not, well, I think it's despicable". [4], In 1866, Philip's wife died, leaving him with seven young children to care for, and the following year the Sewells moved to Old Catton, a village outside the city of Norwich in Norfolk, to support him. Welcome back. [3] Her father was Isaac Phillip Sewell (1793–1879), and her mother, Mary Wright Sewell (1798–1884), was a successful author of children's books.

[3] The fountain was placed in 1917 by Sewell's niece Ada Sewell. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. [5], After the publication of her only novel, Sewell fell seriously ill. Sewell was in extreme pain and completely bedridden for the following months, and she died on 25 April 1878 aged 58 of hepatitis or tuberculosis, only five months after the publication of Black Beauty. [5], In 1832, when she was twelve, the family moved to Stoke Newington and Sewell attended school for the first time. [4] During this time her health was declining; she was often so weak that she was confined to her bed.

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Tombstones, graves and cypress trees were removed and dumped at the edge of the burial ground. [9] She was buried on 30 April 1878 at Quaker burial-ground in Lamas near Buxton, Norfolk, not far from Norwich. Black Beauty Young Folks' Edition book. The act was condemned by locals and Council Chairman John Perkins who said "I know the land belongs to a private person but I would almost say it was as bad as vandalism. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books.

[7] For the rest of her life she could not stand without a crutch or walk for any length of time. [11][12] The house in Old Catton where she wrote Black Beauty is now known as Anna Sewell House. She had one sibling, a younger brother named Philip. At about the same time, both Sewell and her mother left the Society of Friends to join the Church of England,[4] though both remained active in evangelical circles.

Sewell assisted her mother, for example, to establish a working men's club, and worked with her on temperance and abolitionist campaigns. Anna Sewell, British author of the children’s classic Black Beauty, a fictional autobiography of a gentle highbred horse. Are you an author? [16], "Dark Horse: A Life of Anna Sewell – Adrienne E. Gavin", "Anna Sewell, Black Beauty and Old Catton", "Sewell Memorial Fountain, AnsoniaCT Monuments.net | CT Monuments.net", "Minutes of the Planning and Conservation Committee", List of 19th-century British children's literature titles, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anna_Sewell&oldid=977307352, Wikipedia articles with BIBSYS identifiers, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with Trove identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 September 2020, at 03:34. On her return, the family continued to relocate – to Wick in 1858, and to Bath in 1864. Black Beauty Young Folks' Edition book. She is well known as the author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty, which is now considered one of the top ten best selling novels for children, although it was intended at the time for an adult audience. Refresh and try again. Learn about Author Central. [4] Life was difficult for the family, and Isaac and Mary frequently sent Philip and Anna to stay with Mary's parents in Buxton. Read 25 reviews from the world's largest … See all books authored by Anna Sewell, including Black Beauty, and Black Beauty, and more on ThriftBooks.com. The children were largely educated at home by their mother due to a lack of money for schooling. It was donated by Caroline Phelps Stokes, a philanthropist known for her work supporting animal welfare, in 1892. [8] In many respects the book can be read as a guide to horse husbandry, stable management and humane training practices for colts. Sewell was born on 30 March 1820 in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, into a devout Quaker family. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Anna Sewell (March 30, 1820 – April 25, 1878) was a British novelist who had only one published book — Black Beauty — to her name. For greater mobility, she frequently used horse-drawn carriages, which contributed to her love of horses and concern for the humane treatment of animals. Discover Book Depository's huge selection of Anna Sewell books online. Her mother expressed her religious faith most noticeably by authoring a series of evangelical children's books, which Sewell helped to edit, though all the Sewells, and Mary Sewell's family, the Wrights, engaged in many other good works. [14][15], In 2020, a street in Chichester, West Sussex, was named in Sewell's honour on the Keepers Green estate. [3][4], Sewell sold the novel to Norwich publisher Jarrolds on 24 November 1877, when she was 57 years old.