Throughout her life, Anna Sewell lived in many parts of England. But despite the fact that much of her life was not spent here, Norfolk was the county of her birth, death and family heritage.

Old Catton was her last home and it was from here that she wrote the book Black Beauty which was first published on November 24th 1877. Since then it has become a world-wide best seller with over 400 editions  and over 30 million copies of the book published.

To this day, it remains one of the most widely read English novels.

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