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This week's featured author pagesAnton Chekhov (1860 - 1904) -- Russian writer; a great dramatist whose plays and short stories have been immensely influential
Empedocles (495 - 435) -- Greek philosopher who developed the pluralist tradition by arguing that the world is comprised of four elements
Robert L. Stevenson (1850 - 1894) -- author of fiction works that have become legendary in children's literature.
Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885) -- one of the greatest French poet and most important of the French Romantic movement.
Melville Davisson Post (1869 - 1930) -- writer of detective stories