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    Black Beauty (1877)
    Black Beauty (1877)
    AnnaSewell
    • Reads
      Reads 226,300
      226,300226K
    • Votes
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      7,3597.3K
    • Parts
      Parts 49
      4949
    • Time
      Time 4h 21m
      4 hours, 21 minutes4h 21m
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    • Reads
      Reads 226,300
      226,300226K
    • Votes
      Votes 7,359
      7,3597.3K
    • Parts
      Parts 49
      4949
    • Time
      Time 4h 21m
      4 hours, 21 minutes4h 21m
    AnnaSewell
    Complete
    Complete, First published Sep 24, 2014
    "Black Beauty" is narrated as an autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse named Black Beauty—beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm with his mother, 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.
    Public Domain
    • classics
    classics
    Table of contentsLast updated Sep 24, 2014
    • Part I, Chapter I - My Early Home
    • Chapter II - The Hunt
    • Chapter III - My Breaking In
    • Chapter IV - Birtwick Park
    • Chapter V - A Fair Start
    • Chapter VI - Liberty
    • Chapter VII - Ginger
    • Chapter VIII - Ginger's Story Continued
    • Chapter IX - Merrylegs
    • Chapter X - A Talk In The Orchard
    • Chapter XI - Plain Speaking
    • Chapter XII - A Stormy Day
    • Chapter XIII - The Devil's Trade Mark
    • Chapter XIV - James Howard
    • Chapter XV - The Old Hostler
    • Chapter XVI - The Fire
    • Chapter XVII - John Manly's Talk
    • Chapter XVIII - Going For The Doctor
    • Chapter XIX - Only Ignorance
    • Chapter XX - Joe Green
    • Chapter XXI - The Parting
    • Part II, Chapter XXII - Earlshall
    • Chapter XXIII - A Strike for Liberty
    • Chapter XXIV - The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
    • Chapter XXV - Reuben Smith
    • Chapter XXVI - How It Ended
    • Chapter XXVII - Ruined and Going Downhill
    • Chapter XXVIII - A Job Horse and His Drivers
    • Chapter XXIX - Cockneys
    • Chapter XXX - A Thief
    • Chapter XXXI - A Humbug
    • Part III, Chapter XXXII - A Horse Fair
    • Chapter XXXIII - A London Cab Horse
    • Chapter XXXIV - An Old War Horse
    • Chapter XXXV - Jerry Barker
    • Chapter XXXVI - The Sunday Cab
    • Chapter XXXVII - The Golden Rule
    • Chapter XXXVIII - Dolly and A Real Gentleman
    • Chapter XXXIX - Seedy Sam
    • Chapter XL - Poor Ginger
    • Chapter XLI - The Butcher
    • Chapter XLII - The Election
    • Chapter XLIII - A Friend in Need
    • Chapter XLIV - Old Captain and His Successor
    • Chapter XLV - Jerry's New Year
    • Part IV, Chapter XLVI - Jakes and the Lady
    • Chapter XLVII - Hard Times
    • Chapter XLVIII - Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
    • Chapter XLIX - My Last Home

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    • Part I, Chapter I - My Early Home
    • Chapter II - The Hunt
    • Chapter III - My Breaking In
    • Chapter IV - Birtwick Park
    • Chapter V - A Fair Start
    • Chapter VI - Liberty
    • Chapter VII - Ginger
    • Chapter VIII - Ginger's Story Continued
    • Chapter IX - Merrylegs
    • Chapter X - A Talk In The Orchard
    • Chapter XI - Plain Speaking
    • Chapter XII - A Stormy Day
    • Chapter XIII - The Devil's Trade Mark
    • Chapter XIV - James Howard
    • Chapter XV - The Old Hostler
    • Chapter XVI - The Fire
    • Chapter XVII - John Manly's Talk
    • Chapter XVIII - Going For The Doctor
    • Chapter XIX - Only Ignorance
    • Chapter XX - Joe Green
    • Chapter XXI - The Parting
    • Part II, Chapter XXII - Earlshall
    • Chapter XXIII - A Strike for Liberty
    • Chapter XXIV - The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse
    • Chapter XXV - Reuben Smith
    • Chapter XXVI - How It Ended
    • Chapter XXVII - Ruined and Going Downhill
    • Chapter XXVIII - A Job Horse and His Drivers
    • Chapter XXIX - Cockneys
    • Chapter XXX - A Thief
    • Chapter XXXI - A Humbug
    • Part III, Chapter XXXII - A Horse Fair
    • Chapter XXXIII - A London Cab Horse
    • Chapter XXXIV - An Old War Horse
    • Chapter XXXV - Jerry Barker
    • Chapter XXXVI - The Sunday Cab
    • Chapter XXXVII - The Golden Rule
    • Chapter XXXVIII - Dolly and A Real Gentleman
    • Chapter XXXIX - Seedy Sam
    • Chapter XL - Poor Ginger
    • Chapter XLI - The Butcher
    • Chapter XLII - The Election
    • Chapter XLIII - A Friend in Need
    • Chapter XLIV - Old Captain and His Successor
    • Chapter XLV - Jerry's New Year
    • Part IV, Chapter XLVI - Jakes and the Lady
    • Chapter XLVII - Hard Times
    • Chapter XLVIII - Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie
    • Chapter XLIX - My Last Home
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