Anna Sewell or US $4,630 in 2017) and the book was published the same year. After the publication of her only novel, Sewell fell seriously ill. Sewell was in extreme pain and completely bedridden for the following months, and she died on 25 April 1878 of hepatitis or tuberculosis. She was buried on 30 April 1878 at Quaker burial-ground in Lammas near Buxton, Norfolk, not far from Norwich. Sewell's birthplace in Church Plain, Great Yarmouth has been the home to a museum and a tea shop. The house in Old Catton where she wrote "Black Beauty" is now known as Anna Sewell
Elizabeth Missing Sewell published, besides those already mentioned, seven tales, of which "Ursula" (1858) is the most important. She wrote also many devotional works such as "Passing Thoughts on Religion" (1860) and schoolbooks. Of the former "Thoughts for Holy Week" (1857) and "Preparation for the Holy Communion" (1864) have been often reprinted, as late as 1907 and 1910 respectively. Her schoolbooks chiefly deal with history, and two volumes of "Historical Selections" (1868) were written in collaboration with Charlotte Yonge. Elizabeth Sewell contributed to the "Monthly Packet". Elizabeth Missing Sewell Elizabeth Missing Sewell (19 February 1815 – 17 August 1906) was an English author