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An abridged version of Anna Sewell's best-loved novel Black Beauty. The young colt Black Beauty begins life in a loving home. But his owners are forced to sell him, and Black Beauty's fortune changes. He is moved from place to place and job to job, often suffering cruel treatment and harsh conditions -- until a chance encounter leads to a new turn of events.