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Black Beauty (version 2)

Black Beauty (version 2)

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Number of Chapters: 49

Length: 5 hours and 42 minutes

Language: English

Black Beauty is a fictional autobiographical memoir told by a horse, who recounts many tales, both of cruelty and kindness. The title page of the first edition states that it was "Translated from the Original Equine by Anna Sewell." It was composed in the last years of her life, during which she was confined to her house as an invalid. After its publication in 1877, Sewell lived just long enough to see her first and only novel become an immediate bestseller, as well as it encouraging the better treatment of many cruelly-treated animals.

Although initially intended for people who work with horses, it soon became a children's classic. While outwardly teaching animal welfare, it also contains allegorical lessons about how to treat people with kindness, sympathy and respect. The story is narrated in the first person and each short chapter relates an incident in Black Beauty's life, with Sewell's detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behaviour lending the novel a good deal of verisimilitude.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Cori Samuel, with help.

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