Black Beauty/黑骏马

Black Beauty tells the story of the horse's own long and varied life, from a well-born colt in a pleasant meadow to an elegant carriage horse for a gentleman to a painfull yoverworked cab horse.Throughout, Sewell rails-in a gentle,19th-century way-against animal maltreatment.Young readers will follow Black Beauty's fortunes, good and bad, with gentle masters as well as cruel Children can easily make the leap from horse-human relationships to human-human relationships, and begin to understand how their own consideration ofothers may be a benefit to all. 小说主人公"黑骏马"是一匹漂亮的优种黑马，从小生活在贵族人家，受过良好的训练，性格温顺，聪明机智，备受主人喜欢。但是好景不长，主人家庭发生变故，黑骏马不得不被卖掉。他一连被卖过多次，接触过各种人：有喝多了酒就拿马撒气的醉汉，有动辄抽鞭子的出租马车车夫，有把动物当死机器的野蛮人，也有把动物当成朋友的好人家。黑骏马尝尽了人间的甜酸苦辣，最后侥幸有了一个好的归宿。