'...we call them dumb animals, and so they are, for they cannot tell us howthey feel, but they do not suffer less because they have no words.' Whenhis beloved owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty leaves his life asa young, care-free colt behind him and embarks on a working life of misery.Cruelly treated by his new masters, Anna Sewell rails against animalmistreatment in this poignant tale of a horse whose spirit can not bebroken.