EXTRACTS FROM ADAM\'S DIARY (1904) and EVE\'S DIARY (1906) are essentially send-ups of the scripture, in which Twain parodied Genesis, the parables of creation and original sin, and Eve\'s role in the fall of humankind.
In EXTRACTS FROM ADAM\'S DIARY, published with Fred Strothmann\'s humorous cartoons of supposedly ancient stone carvings on every left-hand page, Twain playfully established Niagara Falls Park as the setting of the Garden of Eden, "the honeymoon capital of the world." EVE\'S DIARY,.
EXTRACTS FROM ADAM\'S DIARY (1904) and EVE\'S DIARY (1906) are essentially send-ups of the scripture, in which Twain parodied Genesis, the parables of creation and original sin, and Eve\'s role in the fall of humankind