Collection of Black Beauty horse story books - Generations of children have loved to read of the adventures, both happy and sad, of Black Beauty, the coal black horse with a white star on his forehead. The exciting story of his life takes place in England during the reign of Queen Victoria and was written by Anna Sewell as a protest againt the cruel treatment of carriage horses in this era. Black Beauty was a great success as soon as it was published in 1877 and it has been reprinted and retold and adapted for all different readers many times.