Black Beauty The book Black Beauty was written by Anna Sewell. Later in 1972, they made a movie of it called The Adventures of Black Beauty. This is the story of a black horse's life. In the book of Black Beauty, the horse has a master who is gentle. He gives the horses good food and lodging in a field with other horses. At one point, Black Beauty is mistreated by a plowboy named Dick. Dick comes to the pasture where Black Beauty lives and throws stones at him. The master sees it and gives Dick a box in the ears. In the book, Black Beauty is a young colt that is well bread. In the movie he is a full-grown horse and lives with horse traders that do not treat him well. The master in the book is gentle. He has many horses