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Re: Adam Family Papers
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Scott Loren <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:46:37 EDT
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Has anyone read DeVoto's small introductions to "Extract From Eve's
Autobiography" and "Passage From Eve's Autobiography?"
Is DeVoto trying to be humorous? Does the first sentence from the intro
to "Extract" even make sense?
He mentions that Twain translated the Autobiography or Diary and I
believe he mentions something about Twain having dificulties determining
whether the Diaries (Adam's and Eve's) were apocryphal or not? If this is
humor, why does his tone not alter from when he is serious?
Am I completely missing the point?
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