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This week's featured author pages

Euripides (485 - 406) -- Ancient Greek tragedian who concentrated on the exploration of psychological situations of ordinary characters.

Jerome D. Salinger (1919 - 0) -- 20th century American novelist

Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) -- author of the early 19th century whose perfection of a naturalistic and precisionary style has made him legendary.

Lorenzo Valla (1407 - 1457) -- Italian humanist who was critical of medieval scholasticism

George Meredith (1828 - 1909) -- British poet and novelist