Black Beauty

Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell was first published in 1877 and is focused on the mistreatment of  animals in that time. Sewell had first hand knowledge of the horrible conditions faced by many horses and she was compelled to write the book.

Black Beauty is an English horse who was born on a beautiful farm and treated well. Through the course of the story, he is passed to many other masters, some good, some bad. Along the way, he makes friends and learns about the world through a horse's perspective.

I would honestly recommend this book to anyone, other than a very sensitive child because, while the book does talk about horse beatings, it isn't in detail. This is a lovely story that I would read again.

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