Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Puffin Classics
by Anna Sewell
Publisher: Puffin Books
Mass market paperback, 288 pages
Price: $8.99

Black Beauty himself is handsome and sweet-tempered but strong spirited and with fine instincts. His various owners make him do all kinds of tasks, from being a carriage horse on a country estate to a cab horse in town. Black Beauty's tale must be one of the best-loved animal stories ever written.

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Flaws: depictions of horses being abused
Summary: The famous groundbreaking story of Black Beauty, a horse who is loved and mistreated by a variety of owners in Victorian England.

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