Apr 25, 2018 12:42 PM
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This book is an autobiography from the point of view of the titular horse named as Black Beauty. This book was published by the author named Anna Sewell in the year 1877. This book comes under the genre of children's literature.
The first part of the book reveals with Beauty's birth in a meadow, his time spent as a foal with his mother and the advice she gives him to behave well to be treated well. Then after he was sold to the Squire Gordon who is a horse lover by nature and cares very well for his animals.
Beauty spends the better part of three years here and makes friends with the other horses, namely Ginger, Oliver and Merrylegs.
This idyllic part ends with the beginning of the second part where Beauty is sold along with Ginger. The life is harder there and the painful bearing rein is used on the horses. A riding accident causes his knees to be ruined and he is sold as a job horse to a new master who cannot take the trouble of rearing a horse and sells him again.
Then, Beauty is sold to a hardworking cab driver called Jerry. On the mid time he meets his friend Ginger who is miserable due to the harsh treatment meted out her and subsequently he watches her corpse being carted away a few months later.
After a long time Jerry falls ills and sold Beauty again. The horse then passes from one master to another, most of whom overwork and mistreat him. At last he is sold to the Blomefileld family for whom his old groom Joe Green is working.
Green recognizes Beauty and he lives out his last days in peace and happiness.
The result of this book is the author had a great interaction with horses and understood them well. The language is extremely simple and the point of view is very consistent for its time. The human characters are explored more distantly than the other horses, as it befits the perspective of the horse.
This book has just an unusual charm in it and it is very touchy something which is unforgettable.
