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CEFR Level: A1 Theme: Animals Hello! My name is Black Beauty. And I’m a horse. I have an interesting story to tell you. I want to tell you about my life. My story starts with my mother, who taught me many things. And, when I close my eyes, I can still see all of my old friends standing together under the apple tree. Oh how I loved my first home! And then Earlshall, and then … but wait, I can’t tell you my story here. Read it, and you will find out what happens to me. Syll...

In der bekannten und beliebten Pferdegeschichte dreht sich alles um den schwarzen Hengst Black Beauty. Der ungestume Rappe verbringt ein unbeschwertes Leben in einem umsorgenden Zuhause. Doch dann sind seine Besitzer gezwungen, ihn zu verkaufen. Black Beauty gerat in die Hande gewissenloser Menschen. Er wird misshandelt und korperlich ausgebeutet. Doch Black Beauty gibt nicht auf. Er traumt von einer besseren Zukunft...show moreISBN: 9783852721552Nr pagini: 79 pagesFormat: 149 x 212 x 7mm | 160g...

Anna Sewell's Black Beauty was an immediate success on its publication in 1877, and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies. Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat, a white foot and a silver star on his forehead. Seen through his eyes, the story tells of his idyllic upbringing and the hardship and cruelty he suffers subsequently, before finding security and happiness in a new home. Black Beauty is one of the most popular children's books ever written. An aparitie: 1998Format:...

"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 hu...

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.show moreFormat: 135 x 199 x 5mm | 100gAnul aparitiei: 28 Jan 2016

When Black Beauty is trained to carry a rider on his back, or to pull a carriage behind him, he finds it hard at first. But he is lucky - his first home is a good one, where his owners are kind people, who would never be cruel to a horse. But in the nineteenth century many people were cruel to their horses, whipping them and beating them, and using them like machines until they dropped dead. Black Beauty soon finds this out, and as he describes his life, he has many terrible stories to tell.show...

The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story.David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.ISBN: line illustrationFormat: Paperback | 96 pages Anul aparitiei: 129 x 198 x 6mm | 110g

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.\\''...we call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us how they feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.\\''When his beloved owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty leaves his life as a young, care-free colt behind him and embarks on a working life of misery. Cruelly treated by his new masters, Anna Sewell rails against animal mistreatment in this poignant tale of a hors...