Other editions of book Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Black Beauty enjoys a carefree upbringing on a farm with his mother. His gentle first master trains him well but is sadly forced to sell him. As Beauty then passes from one owner to the next, he experiences terrible hardship and cruelty but his unshakeable spirit wills him to survive.Anna Sewell’s autobiographical novel of a horse is one of the best-selling books of all time, and her depiction of Victorian society’s harsh treatment of animals inspired significant changes to animal welfare in the both the UK and America.This Macmillan Collector’s Library edition features illustrations by Cecil Aldin and an afterword by children’s writer Lauren St John.

Black Beauty is Anna Sewell's only novel, composed in the last years of her life between 1871 and 1877 while confined to her house as an invalid. The story is told in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by a horse named Black Beauty-beginning with his carefree days as a colt 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, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude.

How IT ENDED ... ... 123 XXVII. EUINED, AND GOING DOWNHILL 127 XXV.LLL. A JOB HORSE, AND HIS DRIVERS 131 XXIX. COCKNEYS ... ... 186 XXX. A THIEF ... ... ... 144 XXXI. A HUMBUG ... ... 148 PAKT III. XXXH. THE HORSE FAIR ... ... 152 XXX d. A LONDON CAB HORSE ... 157 XXXTV. AN OLD WAR HORSE ... ... 162 XXXV. JERRY BARKER ... ... 169 XXXVI. THE SUNDAY CAB ... ... 177 XXXVH. THE GOLDEN RULE ... 183 XXXVIII. DOLLY AND A REAL GENTLEMAN 188 XXXIX. SEEDY SAM ... .. 193 XL. POOR GINGER ... ... 198 XLI. THE BUTCHER ... ... 201 XLH. THE ELECTION ... ... 205 XLIH. A FRIEND IN NEED ... 208 XTTV. OLD CAPTAIN, AND HIS SUCCESSOR 214 XLV. JERRYS NEW YEAR ... 220 PART IV. XLVI. JAKES AND THE LADY ... ... 228 XLV n. HARD TIMES ... ... 233 XLVHI. FARMER THOROUGHGOOD AND HIS GRANDSON WILLIE ... 239 XLIX. MY LAST HOME ...(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

Anna Sewell's story of the horse, Black Beauty, and his experiences in life with his various owners - some kind, some cruel.Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colourful comic strip form, offering an excellent introduction for younger readers. This edition also includes a biography of Anna Sewell, theme discussions and study questions, which can be used both in the classroom and at home to further engage the reader in the story.The Classics Illustrated comic book series began in 1941 with its first issue, Alexandre Dumas’s "The Three Musketeers", and has since included over 200 classic tales released around the world. This new CCS Books edition is specifically tailored to engage and educate young readers with some of the greatest works ever written, while still thrilling older readers who have loving memories of this series of old.

A novel that has enjoyed remarkable success and enduring popularity, Black Beauty is the classic story of a courageous horse.A fictional tale told from an animal's point of view, Black Beauty offers the listener a unique perspective of the human world. Through tales about his various owners, he encourages the virtues of having a kind and compassionate spirit, particularly toward animals. Upon its first publication, Black Beauty was an immediate success, and author Anna Sewell passed away knowing that her words had indeed encouraged others to treat animals well.

This is the story of the horse Black Beauty, told by himself. And why would a horse tell his own story? It is because he wants you to hear “from the horse’s mouth” (as the grownups say) what it is really like to be treated as a horse. Sometimes he is treated well. Then his story is happy. Sometimes, though, he is not treated well. Black Beauty thinks that humans should know what that is like for a horse! He also wants you to know how wonderful it is to be treated well again.