Mark Twain
EVE’S DIARY
eBook
( Jan. 30, 2017)
1906 edition, illustrated
"Eve's Diary" is a comic short story first published in the 1906.
It is written in the style of a diary kept by the first woman in the biblical creation story, Eve, and is claimed to be "translated from the original MS." The "plot" of this story is the first-person account of Eve from her creation up to her burial by, her mate Adam, including meeting and getting to know Adam, and exploring the world around her, Eden. The story then jumps 40 years into the future after the Fall and expulsion from Eden.
The book may have been written as a posthumous love-letter to Mark Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, who died in 1904, just before the story was written. Mark Twain is quoted as saying, "Eve's Diary is finished — I've been waiting for her to speak, but she doesn't say anything more." The story ends with Adam's speaking at Eve's grave, "Wherever she was, there was Eden."
The book version is published with 55 illustrations that depicted Eve and Adam in their natural settings. The depiction of an unclothed woman was considered unappropriate when the book was first released and created a controversy around the book, with some libraries even banning the book for the depictions of Eve in "summer costume."
"Eve's Diary" is a comic short story first published in the 1906.
It is written in the style of a diary kept by the first woman in the biblical creation story, Eve, and is claimed to be "translated from the original MS." The "plot" of this story is the first-person account of Eve from her creation up to her burial by, her mate Adam, including meeting and getting to know Adam, and exploring the world around her, Eden. The story then jumps 40 years into the future after the Fall and expulsion from Eden.
The book may have been written as a posthumous love-letter to Mark Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, who died in 1904, just before the story was written. Mark Twain is quoted as saying, "Eve's Diary is finished — I've been waiting for her to speak, but she doesn't say anything more." The story ends with Adam's speaking at Eve's grave, "Wherever she was, there was Eden."
The book version is published with 55 illustrations that depicted Eve and Adam in their natural settings. The depiction of an unclothed woman was considered unappropriate when the book was first released and created a controversy around the book, with some libraries even banning the book for the depictions of Eve in "summer costume."
- Pages
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