Black Beauty is a story that will move you to feel different kinds of sympathies that you’ve never known you could. Told as a Horse’s autobiography of sorts, Anna Sewell’s highly regarded work is the account of a horse’s many experiences as he moves from many different owners. While on the surface it may seem to simply be a story about a horse’s feelings throughout trials and tribulations, this tale deals with deep and meaningful themes of human conduct, the treatment of animals, and societal ills of the nineteenth century. Black Beauty will tug at the seams of your heart and give you the desire to be a better person after you have read it.
