Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse)
Anna Sewell
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Black Beauty is Anna Sewell’s first and only novel. The story is told in the “first person” (or first horse) as an autobiographical memoir of a high-bred horse named Black Beauty, from his carefree days as a foal on an English farm, 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. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty’s life containing a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses. (Summary from wikipedia.org) (6 hr 14 min)
Kapitel
Chapter 01 – My Early Home | 5:28 | Gelesen von Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
Chapter 02 – The Hunt | 6:47 | Gelesen von Kristin LeMoine |
Chapter 03 – My Breaking In | 8:43 | Gelesen von Kristin LeMoine |
Chapter 04 – Birtwick Park | 6:20 | Gelesen von Kristin LeMoine |
Chapter 05 – A Fair Start | 7:03 | Gelesen von Brad Bush |
Chapter 06 – Liberty | 4:03 | Gelesen von Betsie Bush |
Chapter 07 – Ginger | 9:52 | Gelesen von Betsie Bush |
Chapter 08 – Ginger’s Story Continued | 7:37 | Gelesen von Betsie Bush |
Chapter 09 – Merrylegs | 5:58 | |
Chapter 10 – A Talk in the Orchard | 11:41 | |
Chapter 11 – Plain Speaking | 6:24 | Gelesen von Fox in the Stars |
Chapter 12 – A Stormy Day | 7:49 | Gelesen von Judith Brown |
Chapter 13 – The Devil’s Trade Mark | 4:55 | Gelesen von fastfinge |
Chapter 14 – James Howard | 5:00 | Gelesen von fastfinge |
Chapter 15 – The Old Hostler | 5:02 | Gelesen von fastfinge |
Chapter 16 – The Fire | 7:53 | Gelesen von Chris Peterson |
Chapter 17 – John Manly’s Talk | 7:04 | Gelesen von Fox in the Stars |
Chapter 18 – Going for the Doctor | 7:47 | Gelesen von Sean McGaughey |
Chapter 19 – Only Ignorance | 4:54 | Gelesen von Sean McGaughey |
Chapter 20 – Joe Green | 6:23 | Gelesen von Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) |
Chapter 21 – The Parting | 6:33 | Gelesen von Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) |
Chapter 22 – Earlshall | 8:42 | Gelesen von Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
Chapter 23 – A Strike for Liberty | 7:39 | Gelesen von Laura O'Neill |
Chapter 24 – The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse | 13:51 | Gelesen von Barbara Harvey |
Chapter 25 – Reuben Smith | 7:38 | Gelesen von Kristin LeMoine |
Chapter 26 – How It Ended | 6:41 | Gelesen von Linton |
Chapter 27 – Ruined and Going Downhill | 5:56 | Gelesen von Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
Chapter 28 – A Job Horse and His Drivers | 7:15 | Gelesen von Annie Coleman Rothenberg |
Chapter 29 – Cockneys | 13:47 | Gelesen von Chris Vee |
Chapter 30 – A Thief | 5:37 | Gelesen von Chris Vee |
Chapter 31 – A Humbug | 6:41 | Gelesen von Linton |
Chapter 32 – A Horse Fair | 7:47 | Gelesen von Barbara Harvey |
Chapter 33 – A London Cab Horse | 7:41 | Gelesen von Chris Peterson |
Chapter 34 – An Old War Horse | 10:43 | Gelesen von Meredith Hughes |
Chapter 35 – Jerry Barker | 11:24 | Gelesen von Meredith Hughes |
Chapter 36 – The Sunday Cab | 10:57 | Gelesen von Patti McCoy |
Chapter 37 – The Golden Rule | 8:07 | Gelesen von Patti McCoy |
Chapter 38 – Dolly and a Real Gentleman | 7:43 | Gelesen von Chris Peterson |
Chapter 39 – Seedy Sam | 8:10 | Gelesen von Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) |
Chapter 40 – Poor Ginger | 4:40 | Gelesen von Fox in the Stars |
Chapter 41 – The Butcher | 7:04 | Gelesen von Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011) |
Chapter 42 – The Election | 3:28 | Gelesen von Fox in the Stars |
Chapter 43 – A Friend in Need | 7:41 | Gelesen von Chris Peterson |
Chapter 44 – Old Captain and His Successor | 7:27 | Gelesen von Cyrus Farivar |
Chapter 45 – Jerry | 8:43 | Gelesen von Cyrus Farivar |
Chapter 46 – Jakes and the Lady | 8:54 | Gelesen von Judith Brown |
Chapter 47 – Hard Times | 10:45 | Gelesen von Judith Brown |
Chapter 48 – Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie | 9:03 | Gelesen von Judith Brown |
Chapter 49 – My Last Home | 7:34 | Gelesen von Judith Brown |
Bewertungen
Beautifully done.





A LibriVox Listener
My favorite book ... read with just the right feel and passion. A must read for anyone who loves animals. So much insight and wisdom. Thoroughly enjoyable!
Black Beauty!





janicepistek
Black Beauty is a wonderful book. Skillfully written from the horses perspective. I recommend this classic to all animal. lovers.





A LibriVox Listener
always a good stories. well read by most of the volunteers.





Gray Wolf
One of my very favorite books ever.So detailed,so sad,so enchanting!!!
black beauty





Ivy
I love it because i love horses





Bea
I love this book, its absolutely wonderful! The only issue is that 1 or 2 or the recording are a little bit bad quality but I fully recomend this book.♡
My review





Jenna
I love this book so that’s why and I have read the child version and the adult version. Soooooo I give this a five star review
Really good





Diamond_Cherry
I give this book 4 & a half *s because it's not the version of the book that i have.