Black Beauty was written by an English novelist Anna Sewell in 1877 in the last years of her life. At that time the author was an invalid and could move only with the help of her horse. Immediately after being published, the novel became a bestseller and in her last days Anna could see the success of her only novel. Initially she intended to write this book not for children but for people who life was connected to horses. However, soon the novel was recognized as children's. The author insists that people should be good and kind and respectful not only to horses and other animals but also to each other. This is a story of the whole life of one horse from the time when it was born in a peasant meadow to it becoming a carriage horse for a gentleman and then becoming an overworked cab horse. Not only children but also adults will be carried away by frankness and sincerity.