The book makes you go through the life of a horse and the ups and downs that it has to face in day-to-day life. It is truly a book for those who have a liking for horses.
The author is a young girl who wrote the book while she was sick. Her mother wrote down portions when she was too weak and could not hold a pen. The book was published many years after it was complete(don’t remember the exact figure).
The stroy revolves around a jet black coloured horse Black Beauty with a star-mark on the forehead. The horse makes many new friends in the journey of life and changes many masters. At the end of the story, the horse returns to the same master whom he had seen as a young boy. Looking at the conditions through which Blackie goes, he promises to take good care of the creature.
The overall story is heart-touching, but has been stressed too much. Too long indeed. But good considering the age of the author and the conditions in which she had to write the book. Truly a book for horse lovers.