“It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.”

—  John Bunyan , The Pilgrim's Progress

Part I, Ch XIII : Vanity Fair
The Pilgrim's Progress (1678), Part I

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English Christian writer and preacher 1628–1688

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