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Part 1
1 My Early Home 3
2 The Hunt 6
3 My Breaking In 9
4 Birtwick Park 13
5 A Fair Start 16
6 Liberty 20
7 Ginger 22
8 Ginger's Story Continued 26
9 Merrylegs 30
10 A Talk in the Orchard 33
11 Plain Speaking 38
12 A Stormy Day 41
13 The Devil's Trade Mark 44
14 James Howard 47
15 The Old Ostler 50
16 The Fire 53
17 John Manly's Talk 57
18 Going for the Doctor 61
19 Only Ignorance 65
20 Joe Green 68
21 The Parting 71
Part 2
22 Earshall 77
23 A Strike For Liberty 81
24 The Lady Anne 84
25 Reuben Smith 90
26 How It Ended 94
27 Ruined And Going Down-Hill 97
28 A Job-Horse And His Drivers 100
29 Cockneys 104
30 A Thief 110
31 A Humbug 113
Part 3
32 A Horse Fair 119
33 A London Cab Horse 123
34 An Old War Horse 127
35 Jerry Barker 132
36 The Sunday Cab 138
37 The Golden Rule 143
38 Dolly and a Real Gentleman 147
39 Seedy Sam 151
40 Poor Ginger 155
41 The Butcher 158
42 The Election 161
43 A Friend in Need 163
44 Old Captain and his Successor 167
45 Jerry's New Year 171
Part 4
46 Jakes and the Lady 179
47 Hard Times 183
48 Farmer Thoroughgood and his Grandson Willie 187
49 My Last Home 191
Questions, Questions, Questions 195
About the Author, About the Illustrator 199

Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of hard labour and cruelty. Bravely he works as hard as he can, suffering at the hands of men who treat animals badly. But Black Beauty has an unbreakable spirit and will, and is determined to survive...

With a wonderful introduction by award-winning author Meg Rosoff, Black Beauty is one of the twelve best-loved classic stories being launched in the newly branded Puffin Classics series in March 2008.

"The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it... While I was young I lived upon my mother's milk, as I could not eat grass. In the daytime I ran by her side, and at night I lay down close by her." So begins the story of Black Beauty, a sensitive and intelligent horse who shares with us a lifetime of his feelings, hopes, and dreams. Sadly, the idyllic existence of a colt frolicking in the fields with his mother was, for Beauty, to be a fleeting one. Despite his hard work and devotion to his masters, Beauty falls upon hard times. At the hands of various owners - some gentle, some thoughtless, some downright brutal - he comes to learn a painful lesson: that just as a horse's life can be filled with tenderness, it can be also be filled with injustice and cruelty.

Throughout it all, the spirited and noble thoroughbred keeps his strength and good temper. This beautiful, moving story of Black Beauty's search for love and kindness, told from the horse's point of view, will have you looking at all animals in a different way. This handsome edition, with charming illustrations by Scott McKowen, is sure to find a treasured place in your own family's library. Book club questions by noted educator Arthur Pober, Ed.D., further enhance the reading experience.