Theresoever she was, there was Eden. The Diaries of Adam and Eve is Mark Twain's version of one of the great love stories of all time. It contains a good sample of the author's wry humor and his observations on the human condition. He portrays Adam as a man who would as soon sit around and do nothing, but whose curiosity eventually gets the better of him once it is sparked by Eve. Eve is seen as a curious woman who wants to understand everything around her and has the need to share it with any person who will listen, limited, at first, to Adam, who is passably indifferent to Eve and her passions.Whether you're interested in Twain or not, if your heart hasn't atrophied, you will love The Diaries of Adam and Eve. Give it to someone you love. The current edition from FLTRP is a bilingual one, in English and Chinese, so it will be a helpful, and fun, reading for language learners of both languages.

马克·吐温是著名讽刺幽默作家，与其作品风格不同的《亚当夏娃日记》是穷其情感、毕其梦幻、耗尽十余年光阴创作成的一部典范之作。作家从感情细微处入手，深刻描述亚当夏娃从感情"萌生"到"爱情"发生发展及至夏娃离世的过程。通篇洋溢着对自然界生命体的探索与两性之间的疑惑、依恋甚至误会。作品以日记体展开叙述，细致的景物、复杂的心理、简洁的事件和优美如歌的关怀相互交融，给人留下无可比拟的艺术享受。

这是马克·吐温的晚年之作，写作历时十余载。作者借用《圣经》故事以轻快的笔触、采用日记体的形式诠释了人类第一对夫妻的美丽爱情传说。作品保持了马克·吐温一贯的风格，蕴深沉、睿智于幽默、朴实之中，读来妙趣横生。正如鲁迅先生评价的那样："虽然不过一种小品，但仍是在天真中露出弱点，叙述里夹着讥评。"作品还融入了作者对亡妻奥莉维亚的深深哀思，感情真挚动人。文未那句"哪里有她，哪里便是伊甸园"，令人回味悠长。