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This week's featured author pagesEmily Bronte (1818 - 1848) -- introspective member of the famous Brontë family, whose only novel is one of the most significant of its period.
Carson McCullers (1917 - 1967) -- American novelist whose stories tell of the efforts of sad, often handicapped characters to gain compassion
Pauline Johnson (1861 - 1913) -- popular turn-of-the-century Canadian novelist and entertainer
Elizabeth Gaskell (1810 - 1865) -- skillful English novelist, a contemporary and friend of Dickens and Charlotte Brontë
Plato (429 - 347) -- Ancient Greek philosopher; student of Socrates and author of philosophical dialogues that are prominent in the study of Western culture.