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Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse)

by Anna SEWELL (1820 - 1878)

Chapter 34 – An Old War Horse

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)

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Listen next episodes of Black Beauty (The Autobiography of a Horse):
Chapter 35 – Jerry Barker , Chapter 36 – The Sunday Cab , Chapter 37 – The Golden Rule , Chapter 38 – Dolly and a Real Gentleman , Chapter 39 – Seedy Sam , Chapter 40 – Poor Ginger , Chapter 41 – The Butcher , Chapter 42 – The Election , Chapter 43 – A Friend in Need , Chapter 44 – Old Captain and His Successor , Chapter 45 – Jerry , Chapter 46 – Jakes and the Lady , Chapter 47 – Hard Times , Chapter 48 – Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie , Chapter 49 – My Last Home