Anna Sewell wrote 'Black Beauty' while largely confined to her home in Norfolk, England, following a childhood ankle injury that never properly healed. She was a devout Quaker, and her faith's emphasis on compassion and stewardship of God's creatures directly inspired the book's powerful first-person narrative. Published in 1877, it was her only novel; she died just five months later, never witnessing its phenomenal impact. The book's vivid depiction of a horse's suffering, particularly from the