Uncle Remus Returns by Joel Chandler Harris ~ Full Audiobook [folklore]

Uncle Remus Returns by Joel Chandler Harris audiobook.

Genre: folklore

In Uncle Remus Returns, Joel Chandler Harris brings back the soft-spoken, sharp-eyed storyteller of the old plantation, now older and enjoying a quieter sort of retirement. When a new child arrives to visit family - the son of the original little boy who once begged for tales by the fire - Uncle Remus slips naturally into his familiar role, turning everyday moments into invitations for story. One by one, he shares a set of lively animal fables in which Brer Rabbit, forever small but never helpless, matches wits with larger, tougher neighbors like Brer Fox and Brer Bear. The adventures are comic, cunning, and often pointed, using mischief and surprise to explore pride, greed, fear, and the thin line between being clever and being cruel. Framed by the boy's questions and Remus's warm, teasing wisdom, the collection captures the rhythms of spoken storytelling and the pull of tales passed from one generation to the next. Heard today, the book also reflects the attitudes and dialect writing of its era, and some language may feel dated or offensive, even as the folk patterns and trickster energy remain compelling.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:02:07) Chapter 01

(00:28:08) Chapter 02

(00:54:29) Chapter 03

(01:21:15) Chapter 04

(01:45:57) Chapter 05

(02:09:48) Chapter 06

(02:31:04) Chapter 07

(02:40:47) Chapter 08

(02:47:57) Chapter 09

(02:51:37) Chapter 10

(02:54:41) Chapter 11

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