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This week's featured author pages

John Austin (1790 - 1859) -- jurisprude and lawyer who advanced Bentham's model of legal positivism

Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880) -- author of the early 19th century whose perfection of a naturalistic and precisionary style has made him legendary.

Horatio Alger (1832 - 1899) -- American writer, influential in his portrayal of underprivileged youths

Carlo Collodi (1826 - 1890) -- Italian author and the creator of the character Pinocchio

Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) -- writer who is remembered in philosophy for his rejection of sceptical metaphysics