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This week's featured author pages

Voltaire (1694 - 1778) -- the greatest 18th century French author and thinker, noted for his wit, satire and critical capacity

Ralph Connor (1860 - 1937) -- Canadian novelist, whose writing represents the views of middle-class Canadians in the early 20th century

Horace (65 - 8) -- the finest lyric poet in Latin, Horace's works are masterpieces of the Golden Age of Rome.

Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925) -- leading poet of the imagist school and a literary critic

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