{"product_id":"2940150838963","title":"Eve's Diary (illustrated)","description":"Eve's Diary is a comic short story by Mark Twain. It was first published in the 1905 \u003cbr\u003eChristmas issue of the magazine Harper's Bazaar, and in book format in June 1906 by \u003cbr\u003eHarper and Brothers publishing house. It is written in the style of a diary kept by \u003cbr\u003ethe first woman in the Judeao-Christian creation story, Eve, and is claimed to be \u003cbr\u003e\"translated from the original MS.\" The \"plot\" of this novel is the first-person \u003cbr\u003eaccount of Eve from her creation up to her burial by, her mate, Adam, including \u003cbr\u003emeeting and getting to know Adam, and exploring the world around her, Eden. The \u003cbr\u003estory then jumps 40 years into the future after the Fall and expulsion from Eden. \u003cbr\u003eIt is one of a series of books Twain wrote concerning the story of Adam and Eve, \u003cbr\u003eincluding 'Extracts from Adam's Diary,' 'That Day In Eden,' 'Eve Speaks,' 'Adam's \u003cbr\u003eSoliloquy,' and the 'Autobiography of Eve.' Eve's Diary has a lighter tone than the \u003cbr\u003eothers in the series, as Eve has a strong appreciation for beauty and love. The book\u003cbr\u003e may have been written as a posthumous love-letter to Mark Twain's wife Olivia \u003cbr\u003eLangdon Clemens, or Livy, who died in June 1904, just before the story was written.\u003cbr\u003e Mark Twain is quoted as saying, \"Eve's Diary is finished -- I've been waiting for \u003cbr\u003eher to speak, but she doesn't say anything more.\" The story ends with Adam's \u003cbr\u003espeaking at Eve's grave, \"Wherever she was, there was Eden.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe book version of the story was published with 55 illustrations by Lester \u003cbr\u003eRalph, on each left hand page. The illustrations depicted Eve and Adam in \u003cbr\u003etheir natural settings. The depiction of an unclothed woman was considered \u003cbr\u003epornographic when the book was first released in the United States, and \u003cbr\u003ecreated a controversy around the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInclude illustrations!","brand":"Potter\/Ten Speed\/Harmony","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068648210672,"sku":"2940150838963","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150838963_p0.jpg?v=1763753656","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150838963","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}