Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse)


Lu par LibriVox Volunteers

(4.6 stars; 119 reviews)

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)

Chapitres

Chapter 01 – My Early Home 5:28 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Chapter 02 – The Hunt 6:47 Lu par Kristin LeMoine
Chapter 03 – My Breaking In 8:43 Lu par Kristin LeMoine
Chapter 04 – Birtwick Park 6:20 Lu par Kristin LeMoine
Chapter 05 – A Fair Start 7:03 Lu par Brad Bush
Chapter 06 – Liberty 4:03 Lu par Betsie Bush
Chapter 07 – Ginger 9:52 Lu par Betsie Bush
Chapter 08 – Ginger’s Story Continued 7:37 Lu par Betsie Bush
Chapter 09 – Merrylegs 5:58
Chapter 10 – A Talk in the Orchard 11:41
Chapter 11 – Plain Speaking 6:24 Lu par Fox in the Stars
Chapter 12 – A Stormy Day 7:49 Lu par Judith Brown
Chapter 13 – The Devil’s Trade Mark 4:55 Lu par fastfinge
Chapter 14 – James Howard 5:00 Lu par fastfinge
Chapter 15 – The Old Hostler 5:02 Lu par fastfinge
Chapter 16 – The Fire 7:53 Lu par Chris Peterson
Chapter 17 – John Manly’s Talk 7:04 Lu par Fox in the Stars
Chapter 18 – Going for the Doctor 7:47 Lu par Sean McGaughey
Chapter 19 – Only Ignorance 4:54 Lu par Sean McGaughey
Chapter 20 – Joe Green 6:23 Lu par Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)
Chapter 21 – The Parting 6:33 Lu par Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)
Chapter 22 – Earlshall 8:42 Lu par Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
Chapter 23 – A Strike for Liberty 7:39 Lu par Laura O'Neill
Chapter 24 – The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse 13:51 Lu par Barbara Harvey
Chapter 25 – Reuben Smith 7:38 Lu par Kristin LeMoine
Chapter 26 – How It Ended 6:41 Lu par Linton
Chapter 27 – Ruined and Going Downhill 5:56 Lu par Annie Coleman Rothenberg
Chapter 28 – A Job Horse and His Drivers 7:15 Lu par Annie Coleman Rothenberg
Chapter 29 – Cockneys 13:47 Lu par Chris Vee
Chapter 30 – A Thief 5:37 Lu par Chris Vee
Chapter 31 – A Humbug 6:41 Lu par Linton
Chapter 32 – A Horse Fair 7:47 Lu par Barbara Harvey
Chapter 33 – A London Cab Horse 7:41 Lu par Chris Peterson
Chapter 34 – An Old War Horse 10:43 Lu par Meredith Hughes
Chapter 35 – Jerry Barker 11:24 Lu par Meredith Hughes
Chapter 36 – The Sunday Cab 10:57 Lu par Patti McCoy
Chapter 37 – The Golden Rule 8:07 Lu par Patti McCoy
Chapter 38 – Dolly and a Real Gentleman 7:43 Lu par Chris Peterson
Chapter 39 – Seedy Sam 8:10 Lu par Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)
Chapter 40 – Poor Ginger 4:40 Lu par Fox in the Stars
Chapter 41 – The Butcher 7:04 Lu par Cynthia Lyons (1946-2011)
Chapter 42 – The Election 3:28 Lu par Fox in the Stars
Chapter 43 – A Friend in Need 7:41 Lu par Chris Peterson
Chapter 44 – Old Captain and His Successor 7:27 Lu par Cyrus Farivar
Chapter 45 – Jerry 8:43 Lu par Cyrus Farivar
Chapter 46 – Jakes and the Lady 8:54 Lu par Judith Brown
Chapter 47 – Hard Times 10:45 Lu par Judith Brown
Chapter 48 – Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie 9:03 Lu par Judith Brown
Chapter 49 – My Last Home 7:34 Lu par Judith Brown

Critiques

Beautifully done.


(5 stars)

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!


(4.5 stars)

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


(4 stars)

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


(5 stars)

One of my very favorite books ever.So detailed,so sad,so enchanting!!!

black beauty


(4.5 stars)

I love it because i love horses


(4.5 stars)

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


(5 stars)

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


(4.5 stars)

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