Diary of Adam and Eve

This is a delightful (and irreverent) sampling of the timeless wit and fertile imagination of Mark Twain, who pictures the first couple as they find themselves trapped in paradise.

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For those who love... for those who laugh... indeed for everyone, here is a book of rare insight, humor and compassion.

Mark Twain's Diary of Adam and Eve was created long ago by the author as a gift to his wife, Olivia. In many ways it continues to be the perfect gift for lovers. It is the story of the first timid tremor of young love. Here Adam finds the beautiful young creature Eve, and all he knows of her is what his heart tells him. Eve, lonely in the world, savors now the first coy beckonings of womanhood.

But Mark Twain was man enough to know that no love endures without a sense of humor. And so it is that Adam seems sometimes a diligent muddlehead whose one redeeming feature is his superb posture. Eve, too, is delightfully unsophisticated, a child of the new world coping with the hysterical dithers and jitters of life in the fig leaf era. We have first Eve's comments, then Adam's remarks on the same subjects set in a separate typeface. Their story is told in the peppery, amusing style that made Mark Twain beloved of generations of Americans.

Hallmark is proud to have rediscovered this little-known classic and to present it to you in this beautifully decorative edition. There is much wisdom here, and much to smile at, too. It is a book to delight the loved ones in your own life and a book whose luster will remain undiminished through many readings.

—from the dust jacket