Greene Ferne Farm

Greene Ferne Farm, published in 1880, is one of Richard Jefferies’s lesser-known works, combining his love of rural life with a strong narrative structure. The novel tells the story of life on an English farm and the complex relationships between its inhabitants. Jefferies’s evocative prose brings the countryside to life, portraying nature with lyrical beauty while also exploring themes of social change, personal ambition, and romantic longing. It is both a pastoral novel and a nuanced study of human nature.