6 March The literary calendar
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It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.
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- Francis Atterbury: After Godfrey Kneller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning: unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Mary Dickens: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Robert Keable: AnonymousUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- Francis Beaumont: Francis Kyte, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, resized
- James Laver: Simon Gregory (UK), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons, resized