Frank Crowninshield - Let us instance one respect in which American

Let us instance one respect in which American life has recently undergone a great change. We allude to its increased devotion to pleasure, to happiness, to dancing, to sport... to the delights of the country, to laughter, and to all forms of cheerfulness.

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Crowninshield, Frank. "In Vanity Fair." Vanity Fair, Condé Nast, Mar. 1914, p. 13.

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About the Author

Frank Crowninshield

Born: June 24, 1872
Died: December 28, 1947
Nationality: American
Profession: Journalist

Biography

Francis Welch Crowninshield, better known as Frank or Crownie (informal), was an American journalist and art and theatre critic best known for developing and editing the magazine Vanity Fair for 21 years, making it a pre-eminent literary journal.

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