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| The Diaries of Adam & Eve (Literary Classics) | 
| Author: Mark Twain
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 174990
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 199
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 1573928275
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9781573928274
ASIN: 1573928275
Publication Date: May 2000
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 Funny! July 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book was recieved in about a week and a half. Better than I had thought! It's a good book. It reads very quickly and sent chuckles flying out of my mouth every few pages. If you like Twain you'll adore this book. If you don't, you'll still chuckle.
'Whoever she was, there was Eden' January 16, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This quote is Adam's final assessment of Eve; the true Eden is within us not a patch of picturesque landscape full of artificial harmony. I'm sure, had he died first in Mark Twain's vision, Eve would have said similar of Adam.
This is a wonderful, imaginative and amusing piece of writing - short, but with wisdom. I will never forget Eve trying to get stars out of the night sky to place in her hair - first with a big stick ('they must be so far away,' she complains) and then with clods of earth! I will never forget the speculations - how did the milk get into the cow? And the 'scientific' tests to prove the various theories!
Adam and Eve (and their children right up to Twain's own time) are fanciful imaginings in these writings but they are brim full of character and personality.
The Diaries January 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Diaries of Adam and Eve is a great book for pleasure reading or for research. It isn't as well known as some of Twain's other works, but it displays his amazing wit and sense of humor. Adam is a couch potato, while Eve is a stereotypical chatterbox. The book is set up as a series of diary entries by both Adam and Eve. These entries tell the creation story in a fresh, amusing way. Twain may have been influenced by Milton's epic poem "Paradise Lost."
Witty April 9, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this book because it was referenced in another book I read. I found the book to be witty and humorous. It's a fun and short read, thats great for a train or before sleep.
The diary entries alternate between Adam and Eve and deal with subjects like intimacy, talking (in Eve's case talking too much), and sexual roles (why does Adam name everything?)
Some of the entries were a little dry (hence the 4 stars).
WONDERFUL!!! July 20, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
If there is a shorter, funnier, more delightful book on the planet, I have yet to find it. The genius that was Twain's is in abundant evidence here. And there is no longer version, this is it. Twain only wrote "extracts from" to make it seem more believable. Notice the "translated" also? I own the PBS version with David and Meredith Baxter Birney and have watched it many times, but I still laughed out loud when I finally got around to reading this short little gem. And the illustrations are at least half of the fun. I suspect this can re-read many times, especially when one is in need of a pick-me-up. Because, as always with Twain, much wisdom is interspersed with the humor. And beautifully written passages as well. DON'T MISS THIS ONE!!!
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