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Black Beauty

By: Anna Sewell
Narrated by: Nathaniel Parker
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This classic tale of a handsome, spirited horse, Black Beauty has been a children's favourite for over 100 years. Sewell tells the story of Beauty's life from a young foal through to a working horse.Public Domain (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd Classics Literature & Fiction Heartfelt Feel-Good Kids Fiction

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Wow! The narrator and story are awesome

This is a lovely story I could’ve listened it forever. That Anna Sewell was a brilliant writer and the narrator was the best I’ve ever heard. With some sound effects, this could’ve have easily been a delightful radio drama. I listened to this with my 8 year old daughter and we thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Loved it

It’s a beautiful story, deep in meaningful.
I had tears of joy at times.
5 stars, absolutely worth listening, and would recommend !

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Excellent read

We recommend that you reduce the speed slughtly as the reader reads quite quickly but he he has a very good voice. The story is happy and sad and depressing but is well worth listening to. The pace is excellent. A lot happens in the story so at no stage is it boring. Although no one keeps horses for most of the jobs any more it is still very interesting.

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An old childhood favourite

An old childhood favourite loved it and it brought back so many memories for me.

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Amazing

I always love listening to Black Beauty it is both tragic, sad and happy. It helps me get to sleep and have exciting dreams.

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very good

Marvelous book. Easy to listen to very well read. Would recommend to all ages. Amazing.

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Must read/listen about kindness

This book should be listened to or read by everyone. It has such a good message about kindness and not being cruel to animals and people. Think and learn about possible outcomes before moving forward without knowledge.

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LOVE ITTT

I love this book I absolutely 💯 adore this book I can't count how many times I've listen to it xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Beautiful listen

Captivating and well-narrated, this is a beautiful version to listen to. I’ll be looking for more by this narrator

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Still A Masterpiece

I last read this book as a teenager (which was quite a while ago). It is as brilliant now as it was then. It made me both smile and shed tears. Anna Sewell was ahead of her time.
Narrator was really good too.

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