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Black Beauty

By: Anna Sewell
Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
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Publisher's summary

The compelling tale of a spirited young Thoroughbred. Anna Sewell said that her purpose in writing this novel was "to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses." The book broke records for sales and is the sixth best seller in the English language.

Public Domain (P)2011 Trout Lake Media
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Loved it!

Such a sweet story! And I loved how the narrator's accent complimented the setting! It gives anyone who listens a compassion for animals, especially those that are mistreated.

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Great book

I loved the book. I just wish there was more I would have loved to listen to more.

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Well satisfied

This was a well narrarated story. The narrator has a clear voice and speaks in a naturally flowing manner which is complimented by slight character agents. The story, a well known classic, is fully recorded and has well separated chapters. All around it was a very satisfying listen and is something I would recommend at least to anyone who hasn't read the book.

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Even more enjoyable than when I read it as a child

As a horse crazy girl, I enjoyed this book, but as an adult, I enjoyed more of the social nuances of the story. and feel it is a quite decently written story. And we'll performed.

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Black Beauty

it was sad and happy but I loved it and the story was amazing the performances were lovely and overall I would recommend this book to everyone young and old

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Love the story

This story will entertain people of all ages, male and female. I have listened to it over and over again. The audio in Chapter 44 is not so great. There are several sentences where the words are repeated two or three times. Otherwise, great investment!

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A Timeless Classico

Black Beauty is a very well-written book, which holds a special place in my heart. Perfect to listen to in the car or read aloud to your kids, this novel does an excellent job of illustrating how humans and animals interacted in that time period, and how far we have come in understanding and caring for the creatures God entrusted to us. I would highly recommend this title for eight years and up.

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Black Beauty

Black Beauty is a well thought out book. It is extremely intriguing, and quite happy but not the all of the book is happy which can be good because when the book turned from sad to happy I was thrilled. It feels the the reader is feeling the same emotions. This book is fantastic and I would recommend it to any pony lover

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Black Beauty

Same wonderful classic tale that I loved as a child and it is very well read for the moist part though I feel a bit to fast in some parts that seemed to run together. The biggest problem that I had was towards the end of the story the recording skipped in several places and repeated the same sentence more than once. Though this only happened towards the end and on not sure why. Still is a very good story.

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Black beauty

This was the best book me and my daughter has ever read in homeschool we just loved his voice on audio. He did a great impression on the character i felt like there were a bunch of different people but it was only one person!THIS BOOK WAS WELL DONE!!!!

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