Black Beauty - Townsend Library Edition Author:Anna Sewell This Townsend Library classic has been carefully edited to be more accessible to today's students. It includes a background note about the book, an author's biography, and a lively afterword. Acclaimed by educators nationwide, the Townsend Library is helping millions of young adults discover the pleasure and power of reading.
Only book that Anna Sewell wrote, this was first published in 1877, she died 5 months later. According to Wikipedia, this is the 6th most popular book, based on sales, written in the English language.