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This week's featured author pagesEdith Wharton (1862 - 1937) -- writer who portrayed late nineteenth and early twentieth century American society
Jules Verne (1828 - 1905) -- influential French author whose novels laid the foundation for science fiction.
Arthur C. Doyle (1859 - 1930) -- novelist chiefly remembered for his amateur detective character, Sherlock Holmes
Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809) -- a British visitor to America, Paine argued that the state has positive duties to its citizens
Edmund Husserl (1859 - 1938) -- German philosopher; founder of phenomenology