"Lisbeth Longfrock" by Hans Aanrud is a novel published in 1903. After her mother's death, young Lisbeth moves to Hoel farm, where she works with livestock and spends summers at a mountain pasture with other herdsmen. The story follows her journey from childhood to confirmation in rural Norway, depicting the difficult conditions faced by country children working far from their parents, yet maintaining an optimistic portrayal of their lives in this Eastern Norwegian farming community. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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