Anna Sewell's famous 'Autobiography of a Horse' is a Victorian and children's classic. Written to expose and prevent cruelty to horses in Victorian England, the novel's appeal as animal story, horse-care manual, protest work, feminist text and slave narrative is fully explored in this new edition.

• Now a classic of children's literature, though not originally published for children, this new edition of Anna Sewell's 'Autobiography of a Horse' is the only critical edition, with illuminating features not available elsewhere.
• Includes illustrations and material from the first American edition, including an introductory chapter, 'What is Overloading a Horse, and How Proved?' and 'Killing Animals Humanely'.
• The wide-ranging Introduction considers the multiple ways in which the story has been read: as children's classic, protest novel, horse-care manual, feminist text, autobiography and more.
• Edited by Anna Sewell's biographer, Adrienne E. Gavin, drawing on the latest scholarship.
• Includes an appendix of variants between the first British and American editions; the novel had a great impact in the US, where it was known as 'The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" of the Horse'.