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Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse

Anna Sewell

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Chapter 01 My Early Home 02 The Hunt 03 My Breaking In 04 Birtwick Park 05 A Fair Start 06 Liberty 07 Ginger 08 Ginger's Story Continued 09 Merrylegs 10 A Talk in the Orchard 11 Plain Speaking 12 A Stormy Day 13 The Devil's Trade Mark 14 James Howard 15 The Old Hostler 16 The Fire 17 John Manly's Talk 18 Going for the Doctor 19 Only Ignorance 20 Joe Green 21 The Parting…

Details

  • AuthorAnna Sewell
  • SourceProject Gutenberg #271
  • Length59,888 words · 4h 00m of reading
  • Chapters5
  • DictionaryIncluded
  • CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
  • Source checked2026-08-12

Contents

5 chapters

Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.

  1. 01The Autobiography of a Horse
  2. 02Part I
  3. 03Part II
  4. 04Part III
  5. 05Part IV

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