Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse
by Anna Sewell · Free audiobook · 49 chapters
Librivox recording of Black Beauty, by Anna Sewell. 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 highbred 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) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats or languages (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (173MB)
Chapters
- 1. Chapter 01 - My Early Home5:28
- 2. Chapter 02 - The Hunt6:48
- 3. Chapter 03 - My Breaking In8:43
- 4. Chapter 04 - Birtwick Park6:20
- 5. Chapter 05 - A Fair Start7:03
- 6. Chapter 06 - Liberty4:03
- 7. Chapter 07 - Ginger9:52
- 8. Chapter 08 - Ginger's Story Continued7:37
- 9. Chapter 09 - Merrylegs5:58
- 10. Chapter 10 - A Talk in the Orchard11:41
- 11. Chapter 11 - Plain Speaking6:24
- 12. Chapter 12 - A Stormy Day7:49
- 13. Chapter 13 - The Devil's Trade Mark4:55
- 14. Chapter 14 - James Howard5:00
- 15. Chapter 15 - The Old Hostler5:02
- 16. Chapter 16 - The Fire7:53
- 17. Chapter 17 - John Manly's Talk7:04
- 18. Chapter 18 - Going for the Doctor7:47
- 19. Chapter 19 - Only Ignorance4:54
- 20. Chapter 20 - Joe Green6:23
- 21. Chapter 21 - The Parting6:33
- 22. Chapter 22 - Earlshall8:42
- 23. Chapter 23 - A Strike for Liberty7:39
- 24. Chapter 24 - The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse13:51
- 25. Chapter 25 - Reuben Smith7:38
- 26. Chapter 26 - How It Ended6:41
- 27. Chapter 27 - Ruined and Going Downhill5:56
- 28. Chapter 28 - A Job Horse and His Drivers7:15
- 29. Chapter 29 - Cockneys13:47
- 30. Chapter 30 - A Thief5:38
- 31. Chapter 31 - A Humbug6:41
- 32. Chapter 32 - A Horse Fair7:47
- 33. Chapter 33 - A London Cab Horse7:41
- 34. Chapter 34 - An Old War Horse10:43
- 35. Chapter 35 - Jerry Barker11:24
- 36. Chapter 36 - The Sunday Cab10:57
- 37. Chapter 37 - The Golden Rule8:07
- 38. Chapter 38 - Dolly and a Real Gentleman7:43
- 39. Chapter 39 - Seedy Sam8:10
- 40. Chapter 40 - Poor Ginger4:40
- 41. Chapter 41 - The Butcher7:04
- 42. Chapter 42 - The Election3:28
- 43. Chapter 43 - A Friend in Need7:42
- 44. Chapter 44 - Old Captain and His Successor7:27
- 45. Chapter 45 - Jerry8:43
- 46. Chapter 46 - Jakes and the Lady8:54
- 47. Chapter 47 - Hard Times10:45
- 48. Chapter 48 - Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie9:03
- 49. Chapter 49 - My Last Home7:34