Meet the Cast
Black Beauty
The Horse Alternately Known as Darkie, Black Beauty, Black Auster, Jack, Blackie, Old Crony, and Black Beauty (Again)Our narrator and the star of the show, Black Beauty is the character we get to k...
Ginger
Because of his shifts from master to master, Beauty doesn't have a lot of lifelong friends—except one. Ginger is probably Beauty's closest equine friend, and certainly the horse he spends the mos...
Merrylegs
Merrylegs is the third horse in the happy little Birtwick trio that includes Black Beauty and Ginger. They all share a stable, and of all the other horses in the book, Beauty thinks of them with th...
The Good Masters
Farmer Grey, Squire Gordon, Jeremiah Barker, Farmer ThoroughgoodBeauty changes owners so many times throughout the story that it would be pretty tedious to go through each one, especially since som...
The Good Grooms
John Manly, James Howard, Joe GreenAlong with a good master, a horse also hopes to get a good groom, and Beauty's lucky to have both at Birtwick Park. At Birtwick, Beauty's horse care team is heade...
The Clueless People
Earl and Lady W, Mr. York, Lady AnneIn this book, we learn that being clueless is sometimes just as bad as being evil. Beauty encounters quite a few people who manage to make his life much worse, e...
The Bad Men
Reuben Smith, Nicholas SkinnerThere are ignorant, clueless people, and then there are people who are just no good. There are plenty of awful men (and women) in this story—petty thieves, entitled...
The Other Horses
Duchess, Captain, Sir OliverBeauty gets to know many other horses in his lifetime, but a few of them stand out. Here's the round-up.DuchessBeauty's mom only appears in the first couple of chapters,...