Alma Books Black Beauty Сьюэлл Анна

"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 humans alike deserve to be treated with kindness

HarperCollins is proud to present its 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, carefree colt and embarks on a working life of misery, pulling cabs in London. As he passes through the hands of a number of different masters, he faces cruelty and hardship, as well as compassion and kindness, as he struggles to survive • Through her poignant but heart-warming tale, Anna Sewell highlights the plight of the working animal. First published in 1877, this story of a horse whose spirit cannot be broken has become an enduring and popular children's classic

Анна Сьюэлл - британская писательница, получившая мировую известность своим единственным произведением - повестью "Черный красавчик". Когда-то она написала о ней: "Я сочинила небольшую историю, чтобы пробудить в людях любовь и симпатию к животным". Эта невероятно трогательная, полная драматических событий история лошади, рассказанная ею самой, по сей день остаётся одним из бестселлеров мировой литературы • Книга на английском языке • Macmillan English Explorers is an exciting new reading programme developed specifically for children learning English in kindergartens and primary schools. Written with second language learners in mind, these books expose children to real language and develop their reading and vocabulary skills • Key features • - Stories have been written using high-frequency words, plus story-specific words which as far as possible are clarified by illustrations • - High-frequency words have been taken from the UK National Literacy Strategy and correlated with the Ladybird Key Words list and the words most commonly used by L1 children in their own writing • - Phonetically-regular words are included where they can be used in a meaningful and contextualized way, but not to the detriment of the storyline • - There are eight levels in the Macmillan English Explorers series, each consisting of several genres, including traditional tales, contemporary real-life stories, and comic characters

Книга Анны Сьюэлл "Черный Красавец" сразу же после публикации в 1877 году получила грандиозный успех и разошлась тиражом около 50 миллионов экземпляров • Черный Красавец - это лошадь с прекрасной вороной шерстью, белым копытцем и серебряной звездой на лбу. История, которую мы видим его глазами, рассказывает о его безмятежном детстве и трудностях и жестокости, которым он впоследствии подвергается, прежде чем обрести безопасность и счастье в новом доме • "Черный Красавец" - до сих пор одна из самых популярных детских книг • Книга на английском языке • 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

Любимый роман Анны Сьюэлл "Черный красавчик" повествует о красивом, добродушном черном красавце - лошади, который рассказывает о своем жизненном пути своим собственным неповторимым голосом • Начиная с беззаботного детства, когда жеребенок бродил по лугам английской фермы, и заканчивая изнурительными днями, когда он водил такси в викторианском Лондоне, Черный красавчик делится историями о доброте и жестокости, которым он подвергся от рук людей • Книга на английском языке • This beautiful HarperCollins Children’s Classics edition of Anna Sewell’s Black Beauty is the perfect addition to any bookshelf • Anna Sewell’s beloved novel tells the story of the handsome, sweet-natured Black Beauty – a horse who recounts his life’s journey in his own unique voice

Описанная на титульном листе первого издания как "автобиография ее лошади, переведенная с оригинала ", "Черный Красавец" стала единственной книгой Анны Сьюэлл, написанной, когда писательница была смертельно больна, но полна решимости запечатлеть свое искреннее возмущение бесчувственным поведением людей по отношению к животным. Книга полюбилась детям с момента ее первой публикации в 1877 году, всего за несколько месяцев до смерти ее автора, заявленной целью которой было "вызвать доброту, сочувствие и понимающее отношение к лошадям". Иллюстрации Люси Кемп-Уэлч впервые появились в 1915 году • Книга на английском языке • Described on the title-page of the first edition as 'the autobiography of her horse, translated from the original equine', Black Beauty was Anna Sewell's only book, written when she fatally ill but determined to record her passopnate indignation at the insensitive behaviour of people towards animals

Puffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every child • Yes,' she said, 'he is really quite a beauty, and he has such a sweet good-tempered face and such a fine intelligent eye - what do you say to calling him Black Beauty? • Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered but strong-spirited young horse, used to galloping free in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. He bravely works as hard as he can, enduring hardships and fostering loyal friendships along the way • Charming and timeless, Black Beauty is an uplifting story of strength, survival and empathy in the face of adversity

A stunningly beautiful hardback edition of the most famous animal stories in the world • Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of men who treat animals badly. But Black Beauty has an unbreakable spirit and will, and is determined to survive

Highly collectable hardback Puffin Classics with stunningly beautiful cover designs • Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of men who treat animals badly. But Black Beauty has an unbreakable spirit and will, and is determined to survive

"Черный красавчик" - вечный любимец детей, книга, которая никогда не выходила из печати с момента ее публикации в 1877 году. Это нравоучительная повесть о жизни скакуна, изложенная в форме автобиографии, описывающая мир глазами этого существа • Нежный чистокровный черный красавец воспитывается в заботе, и с ним хорошо обращаются, пока злобный жених не ранит его. Затем поврежденную лошадь продают различным хозяевам, от рук которых она подвергается жестокости и пренебрежению. После многих неприятных эпизодов, включая тот, когда он становится мучительно перегруженным работой лошадью извозчика в Лондоне, Черный Красавчик наконец-то приближается к счастливому финалу. Хотя действие классической книги Анны Сьюэлл относится к викторианскому периоду, ее идея универсальна и неподвластна времени: животные будут хорошо служить людям, если к ним относиться с вниманием и добротой

"Holmes!" I cried. "Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?" • London's criminal underworld has risen once again, and a dangerous individual with an air gun is prowling the streets. The capital is in greater need of its protector, Sherlock Holmes, than ever • Three years have passed since Holmes and the evil mastermind Professor Moriarty fell, locked in combat, into the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, and when Doctor Watson collides with an odd-looking old book collector in the street, little does he know that the world's greatest detective is about to return… • Contains: The Adventure of the Empty House, The Adventure of the Norwood Builder, The Adventure of the Dancing Men, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, The Adventure of the Priory School, The Adventure of Black Peter, The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, The Adventure of the Six Napoleons, The Adventure of the Three Students, The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez, The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange, The Adventure of the Second Stain

Roberta, Phyllis and Peter have their comfortable lives in London thrown into disarray by the unexpected disappearance of their father. They are forced to move to a small cottage in the countryside with their mother, who struggles to make ends meet by writing books. The children find solace in a stretch of railway track and the station nearby, and befriend the railway porter, who teaches them about running the station, and an old gentleman who takes the 9.15 train every day. Through this love of the trains they are led on many exciting adventures, including a quest to discover the secret of their father's disappearance • One of the most popular children's books ever written, E. Nesbit's tale has enchanted generations of readers since it was first released in 1906