This well known classic, an autobiography of the horse 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. It has been cited as "the most influential anticruelty novel of all time" by Bernard Unti. The novel was an immediate best seller, and is one of best selling books of all time.
