Black Beauty

Animal deaths and serious loss occur and are treated with sadness, though death is not the sole focus.

Minor references to injuries sustained by horses during accidents.

Some stern insults, reprimands, and harsh speech occur, but strong profanity is not prominent.

Occasional mild references to moral and religious sentiment common in 19th-century literature.

Not applicable.

Accidents, fires, dangerous rides, separation, exhaustion, and cruel treatment of horses create repeated tension and distress, though the story is not built around horror or jump scares.

Occasional mention of alcohol consumption by humans, consistent with the historical setting.

Horses are repeatedly whipped, overworked, beaten, forced into dangerous conditions, and sometimes injured; cruelty is condemned rather than celebrated.