Black Beauty vs The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print): Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Fairy Tales, Children's fiction
Black Beauty
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An Apple Books Classic edition.With Black Beauty, author Anna Sewell hoped to make people care about the cruel abuses that cab horses were suffering—bought and sold, whipped, and worked to exhaustion. Sewell tells the…
The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print)
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a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910. Each volume is distinguished by its own color. In all, 437 tales from a broad range of cultures and countries are presented.
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The verdict
- Readers rate Black Beauty highest: Black Beauty 4.3 · The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) 3.9.
- Black Beauty has the widest readership — 789 ratings behind its score.
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Scores by source
| Black Beauty | The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 3.8 (271) | 3.1 (8) |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (789) | 5.0 (6) |
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Reception
| Black Beauty | The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 789 | 8 |
| Editions | 150 | 459 |
| Citations | 36 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 9579 | — |
| Pages | 328 | 266 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: Black Beauty or The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print)?
Black Beauty has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Black Beauty 4.3/5, The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) 3.9/5).
Which is shorter to read: Black Beauty or The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print)?
The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print) (266 pages, ≈ 4 h 56 m); Black Beauty (328 pages, ≈ 6 h 04 m).
Which is harder to read: Black Beauty or The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print)?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Black Beauty: Moderate; The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print): Moderate.
Have both books been made into films?
Black Beauty: 5 film adaptations; The Violet Fairy Book (Large Print): no film adaptation on record.