Black Beauty: The autobiography of a horse
By Anna Sewell
Cover: Whistlejacket (c. 1762), oil on canvas by George Stubbs (1724-1806) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1806)
Black Beauty: His Grooms and Companions, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 novel by English author Anna Sewell. It was written from a horse as main character's perspective. She wrote it in the last years of her life, during which she was bedridden and seriously ill. The novel became an immediate best-seller, with Sewell dying just five months after its publication, but having lived long enough to see her only novel become a success. With over fifty million copies sold, Black Beauty is one of the best-selling books of all time.
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Table of contents
- 1: My Early Home
- 2: The Hunt
- 3: My Breaking In
- 4: Birtwick Park
- 5: A Fair Start
- 6: Liberty
- 7: Ginger
- 8: Ginger's Story Continued
- 9: Merrylegs
- 10: A Talk in the Orchard
- 11: Plain Speaking
- 12: A Stormy Day
- 13: The Devil's Trade Mark
- 14: James Howard
- 15: The Old Hostler
- 16: The Fire
- 17: John Manly's Talk
- 18: Going for the Doctor
- 19: Only Ignorance
- 20: Joe Green
- 21: The Parting
- 22: Earlshall
- 23: A Strike for Liberty
- 24: The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
- 25: Reuben Smith
- 26: How it Ended
- 27: Ruined and Going Downhill
- 28: A Job Horse and His Drivers
- 29: Cockneys
- 30: A Thief
- 31: A Humbug
- 32: A Horse Fair
- 33: A London Cab Horse
- 34: An Old War Horse
- 35: Jerry Barker
- 36: The Sunday Cab
- 37: The Golden Rule
- 38: Dolly and a Real Gentleman
- 39: Seedy Sam
- 40: Poor Ginger
- 41: The Butcher
- 42: The Election
- 43: A Friend in Need
- 44: Old Captain and His Successor
- 45: Jerry's New Year
- 46: Jakes and the Lady
- 47: Hard Times
- 48: Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
- 49: My Last Home