Black Beauty (0)

Anna Sewell (1820-1878) wrote only one novel during her lifetime , a book describing the life of a beautiful, black horse , Black Beauty . Sewell was very concerned about animals and
used the book to write about the terrible treatment of horses in England at the time. The book is written from the point of view of the horse, which helps us to understand the influence that good and bad treatment had on the horses in the story.
Black Beauty spent his early years in a picturesque, green field with his mother and some other young colts. When it was time for him to be trained to serve men, he was gently and patiently broken in by his master. He learned to wear a saddle and bridle, and carry a human quietly on his back . Black Beauty learnt about the way horses can suffer because of men very early in life. He witnessed a hunting expedition in which a horse was pushed too hard and fast by an inexperienced and overconfident rider . The consequences were tragic. The rider took a fall that killed him and the fine horse broke his leg and was then shot.Аt his next home, one of the horses with whom he shared a stable had the reputation of being wild and aggressive . This horse, Ginger , said this was because she had been treated very badly at a young age. Ginger was taken away from her mother, not long after birth , and was trained to work , in a very rough manner , by men who did not care for horses. Although her new master and his employees were very kind, she could not help being, suspicious of men.Black Beauty's kind owner was forced to move abroad for the sake of his wife 's health. This marked the beginning of a string ofowners with different personalities. Some were well-intentioned Unfortunateiy, in Black Beauty's case, this often proved to be harmful. He was often either neglected or misused.
After some time, however, Black Beauty was bought by Jerry Barker, a kind cab owner. There , he was treated very well. Although being a cab horse was very hard work, Black Beauty always did his best because he enjoyed pleasing his master. Black Beauty was very well cared for. He was given good food to eat, a warm stable to sleep in and lots of kind words . Black Beauty learned many things from his new owner, such as the advantages of not being greedy and of being fair and kind to all creatures. Black Beauty spent a couple of very happy years there.
After spending years on London's streets, Black Beauty's next home was a pleasant farm , with a caring master. After nursing
him back to good health, the farmer decided that Black Beauty
needed to be in a place more appropriate than a farm. He sold
Black Beauty to two kind young sisters , who lived on a pleasant
country estate with a large, green meadow. Here the weary but
content horse finally found the rest and peace of mind that he
so desired and deserved.