Black Beauty

By Anna Sewell
49 chapters
Published in 1877, the novel is told as a first person autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse, Black Beauty. Author Anna Sewell wrote it while bedridden and ill. While she passed away five months after its publication, she lived long enough to see it become a bestseller.
Published in 1877, the novel is told as a first person autobiographical memoir told by the titular horse, Black Beauty. Author Anna Sewell wrote it while bedridden and ill. While she passed away five months after its publication, she lived long enough to see it become a bestseller.