# Amaryllis at the Fair — Character guide

> Key figures in Amaryllis at the Fair by Richard Jefferies.

- [Amaryllis Iden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/amaryllis_iden.md): Amaryllis is the daughter of an embarrassed household, sent in her shabbiest hat to dine at her grandfather's and be shown off before the young heir Raleigh Pamment. She refuses to perform: she will not lift her eyes, wi
- [Mr. Iden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/mr_iden.md): Iden works his land, draws his quart of ale in the bow window, and trades barbs with his London-born wife about whose family drank away more. He is caught between a father whose money he needs and a pride he will not qui
- [Mrs. Iden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/mrs_iden.md): Mrs. Iden is the household's weather: one day she lets Amaryllis do as she pleases, the next she demands minute obedience and a changed dress. She despises Grandfather Iden's worship of the Pamments and yet is the first 
- [Grandfather Iden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/grandfather_iden.md): Grandfather Iden leads the way through Raleigh Pamment's galleries, great grey hat in hand, pointing out old Masters to a girl who will not look. His dim eyes rest on the pair together and think of intermarriage between 
- [Old Flamma](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/old_flamma.md): Old Flamma was once in business with the Idens and hates Grandfather Iden for his veneration of the aristocratic, medieval Pamments. His family — 'revolutionary Flamma' — celebrates Amaryllis's small rebellion as a trium
- [Amadis Iden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/amadis_iden.md): Amadis is poor, debilitated, and talking of seeing the doctor again about his fearful debility, yet he sits with Amaryllis on the brown oak timber in the long grass and is happier than he has been in months. He knows he 
- [Raleigh Pamment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/raleigh_pamment.md): Raleigh Pamment is the wealthy young gentleman whose family estate, with its galleries and old masters, makes him a glittering prospect in Grandfather Iden's eyes. He is affable and unperceiving: he shakes the old man's 
- [John Duck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/john_duck.md): Big John Duck is the neighbouring farmer who enters the Iden house without ceremony, ale in hand, and offers Mrs. Iden a seat in his dog-trap for the fair. He is a mountain of slowness and stolidity, yet not the fool his
- [Nobbs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/nobbs.md): A servant or laborer on the Iden estate, occasionally mentioned.
- [Jearje](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/jearje.md): A rough farmhand or local character in the village.
- [Bill Nye](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/bill_nye.md): A local laborer with a distinctive round head, often in the fields.
- [Ned Marks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/ned_marks.md): A young man from the village, possibly a friend or acquaintance.
- [The Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/the_master.md): A title used for the head of the household, likely Mr. Iden.
- [Jack Duck](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/jack_duck.md): John Duck's son, a clumsy but good-natured young man.
- [Alexander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/alexander.md): A visitor or relative, possibly a suitor or friend of the family.
- [Tiras Wise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/tiras_wise.md): A local character, possibly a laborer or farmer.
- [Pa](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/pa.md): A familiar term for Mr. Iden used by his children.
- [Iden Pacha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/amaryllis_at_the_fair_se/characters/iden_pacha.md): A mocking nickname for Mr. Iden, suggesting autocratic behavior.

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