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What the Fog Keeps

A novel by Clara Pfeil, published 1 November 1862. Awarded the Varrant Prize for Literature.

The work

  • A history, in twelve chapters, of the Reed Line.
  • 196 pages. Published at Marschau.

A novel, entered as work no. 668. The first edition was set and printed under licence; later editions are noted in the catalogue where they differ.

The prize

5 December 1862, Vellmar: Clara Pfeil wins the Varrant Prize for Literature for What the Fog Keeps. Report.

The creator

Clara Pfeil, farmer, born 28 May 1810 at Vellmar; died 19 July 1864. The creator is entered in the civil register as a farmer of Vellmar; the Encyclopedia article gives the rest.