Vanity Fair (magazines)
Vanity Fair has been the title of at least five magazines, including an 1859–1863 American publication, an 1868–1914 British publication, an unrelated 1902–1904 New York magazine, and a 1913–1936 American publication edited by Condé Nast, which was revived in 1983.
Vanity Fair was notably a fictitious place ruled by Beelzebub, in the book Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan. Later use of the name was influenced by the well-known 1847–1848 novel of the same name by William Makepeace Thackeray.
Read more about Vanity Fair (magazines): American Vanity Fair (1859–1863), British Vanity Fair (1868–1914), Vanity Fair U.S. Magazine 1902–1904, American Vanity Fair 1913–1936, American Vanity Fair 1983–present
Famous quotes containing the words vanity and/or fair:
“The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)
“While I believe that with a fair election in the South, our electoral vote would reach two hundred, and that we should have a large popular majority, I am yet anxious, as you are, that in the canvassing of results there should be no taint of dishonesty.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)