Black beauty
By: Anna Sewell ; foreword by Jane Smiley
Contributors: Smiley, Jane
Edition: Penguin Classics deluxe ed.
Series: Penguin threads
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
ISBN-13: 9780143106470
Subjects: Horses; Juvenile fiction; Black Beauty (Fictitious character); History
Description: A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Notes: "First published in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons 1877." -- T. p. verso.
Table of contents: title: 1. My early home; title: 2. The hunt; title: 3. My breaking in; title: 4. Birtwick Park; title: 5. A fair start; title: 6. Liberty; title: 7. Ginger; title: 8. Ginger's story continued; title: 9. Merrylegs; title: 10. A talk in the orchard; title: 11. Plain speaking; title: 12. A stormy day; title: 13. The devil's trade mark; title: 14. James Howard; title: 15. The old Ostler; title: 16. The fire; title: 17. John Manly's talk; title: 18. Going for the doctor; title: 19. Only ignorance; title: 20. Joe Green; title: 21. The parting; title: 22. Earlshall; title: 23. A strike for liberty; title: 24. The Lady Anne; title: 25. Reuben Smith; title: 26. How it ended; title: 27. Ruined and going down-hill; title: 28. A job- horse and his drivers; title: 29. Cockneys; title: 30. A thief; title: 31. A humbug; title: 32. A horse fair; title: 33. A London cab horse; title: 34. An old war horse; title: 35. Jerry Barker; title: 36. The Sunday cab; title: 37. The golden rule; title: 38. Dolly and the real gentleman; title: 39. Seedy Sam; title: 40. Poor Ginger; title: 41. The butcher; title: 42. The election; title: 43. A friend in need; title: 44. Old Captain and his successor; title: 45. Jerry's New Year; title: 46. Jakes and the lady; title: 47. Hard times; title: 48. Farmer Thoroughgood and his grandson Willie; title: 49. My last home.