# Greene Ferne Farm — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies.

- [Greene Ferne Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/greene-ferne-farm.md): The chapter introduces Greene Ferne Farm and its inhabitants, focusing on the daily rhythms of rural life, the characters of the Fisher family, and the early tensions between labor and leisure, as well as the budding rom
- [Up to Church](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/i-up-to-church.md): The chapter opens on a Sunday morning in a rural village, where farmers Hedges and Ruck gather by the churchyard wall, exchanging gossip about the weather, pigs, and local affairs. The congregation slowly assembles, and 
- [II: “The Sweet New Grass with Flowers.”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/ii-the-sweet-new-grass-with-flowers.md): Geoffrey Newton wanders in a daydream through the spring meadows, lost in thoughts of Margaret Estcourt and the eternal youth of nature. He encounters Margaret in a copse, and they are soon joined by May Fisher, Valentin
- [III: The Nether Millstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/iii-the-nether-millstone.md): The chapter introduces Old Andrew Fisher, the wealthy but hard-hearted miller of Warren House, who sits in his beehive chair listening to the mill. It recounts his long life of ninety years, his violent past, the deaths 
- [IV: The Wooden Bottle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/iv-the-wooden-bottle.md): During the haymaking, a fierce rivalry erupts between Geoffrey Newton and Valentine Browne as they compete for Margaret Estcourt's attention. The chapter includes a strike by the labourers, which is resolved when they sh

> 8 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=greene_ferne_farm_se_959kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/v-evening.md)
- [VI: Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/vi-night.md)
- [Dawn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/vii-dawn.md)
- [A-Nutting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/viii-a-nutting.md)
- [IX: Gleaning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/ix-gleaning.md)
- [X: A Fray](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/x-a-fray.md)
- [XI: A Feast—Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/xi-a-feast-conclusion.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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