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Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin

by Hans AANRUD (1863 - 1953)

01 - Lisbeth Longfrock goes to Hoel Farm

Lisbeth Longfrock - (Sidsel Sidsærkin in its original Norwegian) was seen by the author as a book written for adults, telling the story of a young girl growing up in a farming district in a steep-sided Norwegian Valley. First written when the author's daughter was 8 years old so she would know about his childhood spent in similar surroundings, living on a farm and spending summer in charge of the cows and goats on the mountain pastures. (Summary by Annise)

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Listen next episodes of Lisbeth Longfrock or Sidsel Sidsærkin:
02 - Lisbeth Longfrock as Spinning Woman , 03 - Leaving Peerout Castle , 04 - Spring: Letting the Animals out to Pasture , 05 - Summer: Taking the Animals up to the Sæter , 06 - The Taming of Crookhorn , 07 - Home from the Sæter , 08 - On Glory Peak , 09 - The Visit to Peerout Castle , 10 - Sunday at the Sæter , 11 - Lisbeth appointed Head Milkmaid