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Landow he 40 fullpage etchings in thackerays vanity fair provide a visual commentary on the written information. Nov 10, 2017 tina brown looks back at the roaring 80s in her new book, the vanity fair diaries. To mark that milestone, the magazine is out with a rather hefty volume, vanity fair 100 years. Vanity fair already appeared in book form in 1848 and received the subtitle a novel without a hero.
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