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Anna Sewell (March 30, 1820 – April 25, 1878) was a British writer, the author of the classic novel Black Beauty. March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). ...
1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Black Beauty is a novel written in 1877 by Anna Sewell about the life of a horse from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm enjoying the countryside with his mother, to his sale and his career pulling cabs and wagons in London. ...
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Anna was born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, in a Quaker family, one of two children. Her brother, Philip (1822–1906) had an early career as a construction engineer in Europe, building railways. Map sources for Great Yarmouth at grid reference TG5207 Great Yarmouth is an English coastal town in the county of Norfolk. ...
For alternative meanings see: Norfolk (disambiguation) Norfolk (pronounced NOR-fk) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ...
The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ...
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At the age of 14, Anna fell while walking home from school in the rain, injuring both her ankles. Possibly through mistreatment of her injury, she became lame for the rest of her life and was unable to stand or walk for any length of time. For greater mobility, she frequently used horse-drawn carriages, which contributed to her love of horses and concern for the humane treatment of animals. Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 nugget For other uses, see Horse (disambiguation). ...
She never married or had children, but lived at home, and remained very close to her mother, Mary Wright Sewell. Mary was an author of evangelical children's books, which Anna helped to edit. As Quakers, the Sewells, and her mother's family, the Wrights were active in good works. Mary Wright Sewell was the mother of Anna Sewell. ...
While seeking to improve her health at European spas, Sewell encountered various writers, artists, and philosophers, that her previous background had not exposed her to. Green Dragon Spring at Norris Geyser A hot spring is a place where warm or hot groundwater issues from the ground on a regular basis for at least a predictable part of the year, and is significantly above the ambient ground temperature (which is usually around 55~57 F or...
Sewell's only publication was Black Beauty, which she wrote between 1871 and 1877. During this time her health was declining. She was often so weak that she couldn't get out of bed and writing at all was a challenge. She dictated the text to her mother and from 1876 began to write on slips of paper which her mother then transcribed.
Sewell sold the novel to the local publishers Jarrold & Sons for £40 on 24 November 1877, when she was 57. Although now considered a children's classic, she originally wrote it for those who worked with horses. Anna said "its special aim being to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses" (Mrs Bayly, 272). The book's sales broke publishing records, it is said to be "the sixth best seller in the English language" (Chitty in Wells and Grimshaw, x). November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1877 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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Sewell died of hepatitis or phthisis on 25th April 1878 just five months after its publication; living long enough to see the book's initial early success. She was buried on 30 April 1878 in the Quaker burial-ground at Lammas near Buxton (not Derbyshire) not far from Norwich where a wall plaque now marks her resting place. Hepatitis is a gastroenterological disease, featuring inflammation of the liver. ...
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April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Her birthplace in Church Plain, Great Yarmouth, is now a museum.
The cottage where she lived, from 1866 until her death, in Old Catton, (then a village but now a suburb of Norwich) remains a private residence. Old Catton is a suburban village (population 5954) to the north-east of Norwich, England. ...
Norwich (pronounced variously Norritch, Norridge) is a city in East Anglia, in Eastern England, and the regional administrative centre and county town of Norfolk. ...
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