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This week's featured author pagesPlato (429 - 347) -- Ancient Greek philosopher; student of Socrates and author of philosophical dialogues that are prominent in the study of Western culture.
Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741 - 1803) -- French novelist, whose masterpiece is Les liaisons dangereuses
Bram Stoker (1847 - 1912) -- Irish author of well-known gothic horror fantasy novels
Paul-Henri Thiry Holbach (1723 - 1789) -- a determinist and atheistic materialist, Holbach comprehensively argued for his philosophical position in his Système de la nature
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874 - 1942) -- Canadian writer, famous for her Anne of Green Gables