Sewell, Anna

Sewell, Anna ( 1820 – 78 ).
She wrote only one book, Black Beauty ( 1877 ), a story for children relating the life of a black horse, which suffers much but eventually finds a happy home. The book, for which she received £20, was published three months before her death; its immediate success and fame survived for many generations, and it became established as a children's classic. There is a life by S. Chitty ( 1971 ).