Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
245 Pages, Published In 1877
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Black Beauty, the Autobiography of a Horse is an 1877 classic by English author Anna Sewell. The novel is told from the perspective of a horse, named Black Beauty, chronicling his life through the hands of various owners, both kind and cruel. A horse can be well-treated by a kind and compassionate owner or easily tortured by a cruel and neglectful one. The author wrote it to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.