Black Beauty by Anna Sewell (unabridged)
The story is told in the “first person” (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 & recounts many tales of cruelty & kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beauty’s life containing a lesson or moral: kindness, sympathy, & understanding treatment horses.
| 1. My Early Home | 05:04 | |
| 2. The Hunt | 06:34 | |
| 3. My Breaking In | 08:30 | |
| 4. Birtwick Park | 05:54 | |
| 5. A Fair Start | 07:06 | |
| 6. Liberty | 03:19 | |
| 7. Ginger | 08:40 | |
| 8. Ginger's Story Continued | 06:59 | |
| 9. Merrylegs | 05:16 | |
| 10. A Talk in the Orchard | 11:00 | |
| 11. Plain Speaking | 06:00 | |
| 12. A Stormy Day | 06:34 | |
| 13. The Devil\'s Trade Mark | 05:25 | |
| 14. James Howard | 05:30 | |
| 15. The Old Ostler | 05:39 | |
| 16. The Fire | 08:02 | |
| 17. John Manly\'s Talk | 07:01 | |
| 18. Going for the Doctor | 07:34 | |
| 19. Only Ignorance | 04:27 | |
| 20. Joe Green | 05:28 | |
| 21. The Parting | 05:27 | |
| 22. Earlshall | 07:26 | |
| 23. A Strike for Liberty | 06:27 | |
| 24. The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse | 11:50 | |
| 25. Reuben Smith | 06:59 | |
| 26. How it Ended | 05:24 | |
| 27. Ruined and Going Downhill | 05:19 | |
| 28. A Job Horse and His Drivers | 06:37 | |
| 29. Cockneys | 11:57 | |
| 30. A Thief | 05:00 | |
| 31. A Humbug | 05:38 | |
| 32. A Horse Fair | 07:13 | |
| 33. A London Cab Horse | 07:48 | |
| 34. An Old War Horse | 10:06 | |
| 35. Jerry Barker | 10:54 | |
| 36. The Sunday Cab | 08:29 | |
| 37. The Golden Rule | 06:29 | |
| 38. Dolly and a Real Gentleman | 07:43 | |
| 39. Seedy Sam | 06:42 | |
| 40. Poor Ginger | 04:32 | |
| 41. The Butcher | 05:34 | |
| 42. The Election | 03:25 | |
| 43. A Friend in Need | 07:45 | |
| 44. Old Captain and His Successor | 08:05 | |
| 45. Jerry's New Year | 10:54 | |
| 46. Jakes and the Lady | 06:58 | |
| 47. Hard Times | 08:18 | |
| 48. Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie | 07:18 | |
| 49. My Last Home | 06:40 |
