# Andreas Futteral — Sartor Resartus character guide

> Andreas Futteral in Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Andreas, the deceased Andreas Futteral

**First appearance:** 0013-i-genesis

## Who they are

The humble rural guardian who found an infant in his orchard and raised him into a philosopher, never guessing what name the child would make.

## Relationships

### [Gretchen Futteral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/characters/gretchen_futteral)

_family_

Andreas and Gretchen Futteral are a married couple who adopt and raise the infant Teufelsdröckh as their own son.

## In the story

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/book-ii)

Teufelsdröckh's adoptive father; a simple, hardworking man.

### [I: Genesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/i-genesis)

A former Prussian grenadier sergeant and regimental schoolmaster, now a gardener; he and his wife Gretchen receive the infant Teufelsdröckh.

### [II: Idyllic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/ii-idyllic)

Teufelsdröckh's father, whose battle reminiscences and patriarchal presence inspired a sense of adventure and history in the young boy.

### [Pedagogy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/iii-pedagogy)

Mentioned as Father Andreas, accompanying young Teufelsdröckh to the Hinterschlag Gymnasium.

### [XI: Tailors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/xi-tailors)

Not directly present in the excerpt, but part of the biographical context.

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