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You will love this if you enjoy fables with a sly hero, talk around a warm fire, and folk tales full of rhythm, rhyme and song.
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Why would an old man on a Georgia plantation tell a small boy that a goose once took in washing, or that a rabbit once tied a fox to a horse's tail? On rainy nights, by a pine-knot fire, that is how Uncle Remus keeps a child close.
Nights With Uncle Remus is a book by Joel Chandler Harris, published in 1883 as a second gathering of tales he heard from Black storytellers in Georgia. A little boy slips down to the old man's cabin after supper, and the stories come out of their talk. Across seventy-one short chapters you meet Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf and Brer Terrapin, plus songs, riddles and ghost stories.
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- 1A rainy night and a question about geeseFree
- 2Brer Rabbit beats bigger enemies by thinking fast
- 3Show-offs and copycats pay for their pride
- 4The small and plain survive through sense and caution
- 5Brer Terrapin outwits the quick and greedy
- 6Daddy Jack brings tales and spells from Africa
- 7Aunt Tempy and Tildy join the circle of tellers
- 8Trickery is the weapon of those with no other
- 9The tales hold the past and bind old to young
- 10The tales rely on voice, rhyme and a warm frame
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A rainy night and a question about geese
The book opens on a day of steady rain, with Uncle Remus stuck indoors. The house girl Tildy brings his supper, and the little boy begs to go along. He watches the old man eat by the fire.
Then comes the question that starts everything. Do geese sleep sitting down, or balanced on one leg? Uncle Remus answers that geese were once big people in the neighborhood. Old Miss Goose gave grand dinners, yet she took in washing too. Brer Fox hears her beating clothes at the spring and says he will call on her soon. Brer Rabbit slips off to warn her first.
He tells her to tie up a bundle of white clothes, lay it on the bed, and fly up to a rafter. Mr. Dog agrees to wait with her. Before dawn Brer Fox grabs the bundle, and Mr. Dog bursts out from under the house. From then on the fox and the dog cannot meet without a fight.
A child's small question opens the door, and the old storyteller walks right through.
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- LengthAbout 101,500 words
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Questions about Noches con el Tío Remus
What is Nights With Uncle Remus about?
It is a collection of animal tales told by Uncle Remus to a little boy in his cabin on a Georgia plantation. Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, Brer Wolf and Brer Terrapin star, while other storytellers add tales of their own.
Who is Brer Rabbit?
Brer Rabbit is a small, quick creature who survives bigger enemies by tricking them. He is the hero of most tales, and the other animals constantly try to catch him and fail.
Who is Daddy Jack in the book?
Daddy Jack, also called African Jack, is a withered old man brought to Georgia from Africa. He visits Uncle Remus, tells tales in his own voice, and spends the book chasing the house girl Tildy.
Is Nights With Uncle Remus a true story?
No. The tales are folklore that Joel Chandler Harris collected from Black storytellers in Georgia and published in 1883. The cabin, the boy and the plantation setting form a frame he built around them.
Is Nights With Uncle Remus easy to read?
The chapters are short, mixing animal tales with lively talk, sound effects, rhymes and conversations among the listeners. It reads well aloud, and you can open it at nearly any chapter and enjoy a complete story.
Cite this edition
Harris, Joel Chandler. Nights With Uncle Remus. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/nights-with-uncle-remus.
Harris, J. C. (2026). Nights with Uncle Remus. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/nights-with-uncle-remus (Original work published 1883)
Harris, Joel Chandler. Nights With Uncle Remus. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/nights-with-uncle-remus.
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