About the book
A horse recounts his life among kind and cruel owners in a plea for humane treatment.
LibriVox recording; public domain in the United States.
Recorded by LibriVox volunteers. Audio hosted by the Internet Archive. Original recording and credits.
Listen chapter by chapter
- My Early Home · 5 minutes
- The Hunt · 6 minutes
- My Breaking In · 8 minutes
- Birtwick Park · 5 minutes
- A Fair Start · 7 minutes
- Liberty · 3 minutes
- Ginger · 8 minutes
- Ginger's Story Continued · 6 minutes
- Merrylegs · 5 minutes
- A Talk in the Orchard · 11 minutes
- Plain Speaking · 6 minutes
- A Stormy Day · 6 minutes
- The Devil's Trade Mark · 5 minutes
- James Howard · 5 minutes
- The Old Ostler · 5 minutes
- The Fire · 8 minutes
- John Manly's Talk · 7 minutes
- Going for the Doctor · 7 minutes
- Only Ignorance · 4 minutes
- Joe Green · 5 minutes
- The Parting · 5 minutes
- Earlshall · 7 minutes
- A Strike for Liberty · 6 minutes
- The Lady Anne, or a Runaway Horse · 11 minutes
- Reuben Smith · 6 minutes
- How it Ended · 5 minutes
- Ruined and Going Downhill · 5 minutes
- A Job Horse and His Drivers · 6 minutes
- Cockneys · 11 minutes
- A Thief · 5 minutes
- A Humbug · 5 minutes
- A Horse Fair · 7 minutes
- A London Cab Horse · 7 minutes
- An Old War Horse · 10 minutes
- Jerry Barker · 10 minutes
- The Sunday Cab · 8 minutes
- The Golden Rule · 6 minutes
- Dolly and a Real Gentleman · 7 minutes
- Seedy Sam · 6 minutes
- Poor Ginger · 4 minutes
- The Butcher · 5 minutes
- The Election · 3 minutes
- A Friend in Need · 7 minutes
- Old Captain and His Successor · 8 minutes
- Jerry's New Year · 10 minutes
- Jakes and the Lady · 6 minutes
- Hard Times · 8 minutes
- Farmer Thoroughgood and His Grandson Willie · 7 minutes
- My Last Home · 6 minutes