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: Published in PLOS ONE (2023) by Bogusław Pawłowski, this experimental study demonstrates the "measurable power" of fictional narratives like Black Beauty to increase concern for animal welfare through ethical sensitization.

: Alice Quinn (2016) examines the novel within the 19th-century socio-economic context of animal labor, linking the story to broader societal debates about class responsibility and the structural causes of animal suffering. Quick Context on the Novel

: Written by Anna Sewell and published in 1877, it was instrumental in changing public attitudes toward horses and kick-starting the modern animal rights movement.

: In this 2019 paper, Wendy Bustamante critiques simplistic human-animal parallels and argues that the novel serves as a didactic narrative fostering "sympathetic imagination" and moral engagement with "the other".