Black Beauty - best suit me

Yesterday, I cleaned up my messy desk and found a novel lying under a pile of sheets then I realized that before I start a new one that I’ve picked for John’s reading, I should finish this one, which I have read for a couple of month, first.

This novel is Black Beauty, and is written by Anna Sewell. The story is told through the view of a horse, Black Beauty, who is the main character. He describes the story of his whole life, from his birth place to his last home where he is promised not to be sold again. The life of a horse bred in men’s society is tough, to be more accurate, miserable. And Sewell points out those miseries through her pen quite noticeably that I think it’s one of her main purposes of her novel. Although Black Beauty is a fine, high-bred, the most sweet-tempered and the best-behaved horse, half of his various masters misuse him; one hires two grooms that maltreat his horse, some destroy his will to work by the bearing rein, and the others force him to work till he breaks his knee badly or drop down unconsciously. On the contrary, the others of his masters are very careful to their horses and of course being with them, Black beauty is treated well, so he lives with them with happiness and full of will to work. When include some ladies and gentlemen that always pop up to help poor creatures from their cruel masters, Sewell shows me how horses were treat those day and how people view that. I think, at that time, so many horses must be misused that there is some group of people stood against that, as it is pointed out in her novel and her writing itself. This makes me feel happy for those creatures since nowadays they are used far less than those old days.

For me, this novel is like a horse’s diary which, therefore, not so many people like. I once asked a friend (who is the only one out of a hundred who knows this novel and read it already) what does he think about this novel, and his answer was “it’s extremely boring.” No surprise for me since he isn’t crazy about horses and that, thus, caused him that “extremely boring”

Though it is boring for others and I’ve read the entire story in Thai, I enjoy reading it so much since i love horses, and this original version is far more detailed and, thus, so pleasant that I want to keep the rest, if any, for another day when I may get up set and need something to cheer me up.

But anyway, it is also a good chance to get rid of my sluggishness and start some new books! What about you? Do you have any book that suits you so much like my Black Beauty?