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This week's featured author pages

Henry W. Longfellow (1807 - 1882) -- nineteenth century American poet

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

Friedrich Engels (1820 - 1895) -- a member of the working-class movement, Engels wrote on philosophy, politics, and history, often in collaboration with Karl Marx

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) -- philosopher in the French Revolution who made important contributions to the field of political philosophy

Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951) -- American novelist and nobel laureate, whose naturalistic style was very influential