# Old Andrew Fisher — Greene Ferne Farm character guide

> Old Andrew Fisher in Greene Ferne Farm by Richard Jefferies.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Andrew, Andrew Fisher, Andrew the younger, Fisher

**First appearance:** 0000-greene-ferne-farm

## Who they are

An old farmer of the hills whose daughter May is always down at the Estcourts, and whose rural wisdom frames the parish's talk.

## In the story

### [Greene Ferne Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/greene-ferne-farm)

Andrew Fisher is the patriarch of Greene Ferne Farm, embodying the traditional rural laborer and farmer.

### [III: The Nether Millstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/iii-the-nether-millstone)

The aged, wealthy miller, hard-hearted and violent, reflecting on his past cruelties and losses.

### [III: The Nether Millstone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/iii-the-nether-millstone)

Andrew's lawful son, who with his wife Alice was treated like dogs and died worn out.

### [Evening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/v-evening)

Mentioned as the owner of Warren, the destination Geoffrey seeks.

### [A-Nutting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/viii-a-nutting)

Yields to Margaret's persuasion to let May return to Greene Ferne, prompted by avarice and Margaret's beauty.

### [IX: Gleaning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/greene_ferne_farm_se/chapters/ix-gleaning)

Sits in his beehive chair facing the western window, aged ninety, reflecting on his past as the harvest ends.

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