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This week's featured author pages

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (1889 - 1951) -- influential twentieth century analytical philosopher

Sylvia Plath (1932 - 1963) -- American poet and novelist

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864) -- American novelist whose works were an exploration of human sin, punishment and guilt.

Theodore Dreiser (1871 - 1945) -- American novelist, who was a leading figure in the naturalist movement

Gilbert K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936) -- Edwardian era novelist, essayist and poet