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Black Beauty

by Anna Sewell

★4.0/5
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Children's LiteratureFictionHistorical FictionScience & NatureClassic LiteratureYoung Adult
ClassicsFictionChildrensAnimalsYoung Adult
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Black Beauty describes his early memories; his experiences with his kind master, Squire Gordon; and his sale to one of the squire's old friends.

56

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~672 min

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BLACK BEAUTY

The Autobiography of a Horse

by Anna Sewell [English Quaker — 1820-1878.]

CONTENTS

BLACK BEAUTY

Part I

01 My Early Home

02 The Hunt

03 My Breaking In

04 Birtwick Park

05 A Fair Start

06 Liberty

07 Ginger

08 Ginger's Story Continued

09 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

Part II

22 Earlshall

23 A Strike for Liberty

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