Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir of a high-bred horse named Black Beauty, from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty’s life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses. (Summary from wikipedia.org)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Chapter 01 – My Early Home
05:28 - Chapter 2
Chapter 02 – The Hunt
06:47 - Chapter 3
Chapter 03 – My Breaking In
08:43 - Chapter 4
Chapter 04 – Birtwick Park
06:20 - Chapter 5
Chapter 05 – A Fair Start
07:03 - Chapter 6
Chapter 06 – Liberty
04:03 - Chapter 7
Chapter 07 – Ginger
09:52 - Chapter 8
Chapter 08 – Ginger’s Story Continued
07:37 - Chapter 9
Chapter 09 – Merrylegs
05:58 - Chapter 10
Chapter 10 – A Talk in the Orchard
11:41 - Chapter 11
Chapter 11 – Plain Speaking
06:24 - Chapter 12
Chapter 12 – A Stormy Day
07:49 - Chapter 13
Chapter 13 – The Devil’s Trade Mark
04:55 - Chapter 14
Chapter 14 – James Howard
05:00 - Chapter 15
Chapter 15 – The Old Hostler
05:02 - Chapter 16
Chapter 16 – The Fire
07:53 - Chapter 17
Chapter 17 – John Manly’s Talk
07:04 - Chapter 18
Chapter 18 – Going for the Doctor
07:47 - Chapter 19
Chapter 19 – Only Ignorance
04:54 - Chapter 20
Chapter 20 – Joe Green
06:23 - Chapter 21
Chapter 21 – The Parting
06:33 - Chapter 22
Chapter 22 – Earlshall
08:42 - Chapter 23
Chapter 23 – A Strike for Liberty
07:39 - Chapter 24
Chapter 24 – The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
13:51 - Chapter 25
Chapter 25 – Reuben Smith
07:38 - Chapter 26
Chapter 26 – How It Ended
06:41 - Chapter 27
Chapter 27 – Ruined and Going Downhill
05:56 - Chapter 28
Chapter 28 – A Job Horse and His Drivers
07:15 - Chapter 29
Chapter 29 – Cockneys
13:47 - Chapter 30
Chapter 30 – A Thief
05:37 - Chapter 31
Chapter 31 – A Humbug
06:41 - Chapter 32
Chapter 32 – A Horse Fair
07:47 - Chapter 33
Chapter 33 – A London Cab Horse
07:41 - Chapter 34
Chapter 34 – An Old War Horse
10:43 - Chapter 35
Chapter 35 – Jerry Barker
11:24 - Chapter 36
Chapter 36 – The Sunday Cab
10:57 - Chapter 37
Chapter 37 – The Golden Rule
08:07 - Chapter 38
Chapter 38 – Dolly and a Real Gentleman
07:43 - Chapter 39
Chapter 39 – Seedy Sam
08:10 - Chapter 40
Chapter 40 – Poor Ginger
04:40 - Chapter 41
Chapter 41 – The Butcher
07:04 - Chapter 42
Chapter 42 – The Election
03:28 - Chapter 43
Chapter 43 – A Friend in Need
07:41 - Chapter 44
Chapter 44 – Old Captain and His Successor
07:27 - Chapter 45
Chapter 45 – Jerry
08:43 - Chapter 46
Chapter 46 – Jakes and the Lady
08:54 - Chapter 47
Chapter 47 – Hard Times
10:45 - Chapter 48
Chapter 48 – Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
09:03 - Chapter 49
Chapter 49 – My Last Home
07:34