The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus |
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Joel Chandler Harris
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Pages: 848 (Hardcover)
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
ISBN: 0618154299
Pub: Houghton Mifflin (Academic)
Pub date: 2002-05-31
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 94563
Reader Reviews:
astonishing re-discovery (3/5 people found this helpful)
You may think you know these tales, but this book is worth a quiet, relaxed weeks-long read. Harris clearly loved and respected the people, cultures and stories. Some are not funny, and some hilarious. Many touch on metaphysical subjects without being obvious. Uncle Remus is almost like Jane Roberts' "Seth" entity: Centered, caring, wise, full of love and life, and leading the reader to find fresh ideas each time one looks again.
I thought the book was enlightening for children. (1/1 people found this helpful)
Almost all the sotries have a good moral, while being funny and entertaining.
Endless Supply of Bedtime Stories (6/6 people found this helpful)
Joel Chandler Harris brilliantly recorded the stories told on the southern plantation. Some of these stories have their origins in West Africa and were brought over (obviously) with the slave trade. But the stories are entertaining, laugh out loud funny, and naturalistic. Even though the animals in the stories(Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, etc.) are anthropomorphized, they also convey aspects of their essential natures in the wild. My husband reads me a story every night before we go to sleep. Unfortunately, because Harris was trying to write phonetically the dialect of the black slaves who were telling the stories, reading the stories takes a bit of practice. You have to get used to his spellings. For example, "bimeby" means "by and by." So, children may not be able to follow you if you read this outloud to them. A wonderful book which covers all the famous stories which you have heard of and never read yourself (Tar Baby, Rabbit in the Briar Patch) and also the not so famous stories. A real cultural education for Americans of every race and background. Highly recommended if you enjoy folk art and folk culture.
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