Mark Twain
Eve's Diary
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Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the
1905 Christmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in book format in
June 1906 by Harper and Brothers publishing house. It is written in the style
of a diary kept by the first woman in the Judeao-Christian creation myth, Eve,
and is claimed to be "translated from the original MS." The "plot" of this novel
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. It is one of a series of books Twain wrote
concerning the story of Adam and Eve, including 'Extracts from Adam's Diary,’
‘That Day In Eden,’ 'Eve Speaks,' ‘Adam's Soliloquy,’ and the ‘Autobiography
of Eve.' Eve's Diary has a lighter tone than the others in the series, as Eve
has a strong appreciation for beauty and love. The book may have been
written as a posthumous love-letter to Mark Twain's wife Olivia Langdon
Clemens, or Livy, who died in June 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."
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Read by John Greenman. Total running time: 0:40:07
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