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Black Beauty: The autobiography of a horse

By Anna Sewell

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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. 1: My Early Home
  2. 2: The Hunt
  3. 3: My Breaking In
  4. 4: Birtwick Park
  5. 5: A Fair Start
  6. 6: Liberty
  7. 7: Ginger
  8. 8: Ginger's Story Continued
  9. 9: Merrylegs
  10. 10: A Talk in the Orchard
  11. 11: Plain Speaking
  12. 12: A Stormy Day
  13. 13: The Devil's Trade Mark
  14. 14: James Howard
  15. 15: The Old Hostler
  16. 16: The Fire
  17. 17: John Manly's Talk
  18. 18: Going for the Doctor
  19. 19: Only Ignorance
  20. 20: Joe Green
  21. 21: The Parting
  22. 22: Earlshall
  23. 23: A Strike for Liberty
  24. 24: The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
  25. 25: Reuben Smith
  26. 26: How it Ended
  27. 27: Ruined and Going Downhill
  28. 28: A Job Horse and His Drivers
  29. 29: Cockneys
  30. 30: A Thief
  31. 31: A Humbug
  32. 32: A Horse Fair
  33. 33: A London Cab Horse
  34. 34: An Old War Horse
  35. 35: Jerry Barker
  36. 36: The Sunday Cab
  37. 37: The Golden Rule
  38. 38: Dolly and a Real Gentleman
  39. 39: Seedy Sam
  40. 40: Poor Ginger
  41. 41: The Butcher
  42. 42: The Election
  43. 43: A Friend in Need
  44. 44: Old Captain and His Successor
  45. 45: Jerry's New Year
  46. 46: Jakes and the Lady
  47. 47: Hard Times
  48. 48: Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
  49. 49: My Last Home