I agree. -- s Sent from my iPad On May 20, 2012, at 10:06 PM, "Beverly David" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I hope the professor is working from the "illustrated" versions of the work= > s. There is so much more there that is lost without the illustrations. Be= > verly David=20 > =20 > > =20 > > =20 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harris, Susan Kumin <[log in to unmask]> > To: TWAIN-L <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sun, May 20, 2012 6:44 pm > Subject: Re: Extracts from Adam and Eve's Diaries > > > That's a really lovely reading, Hal. Thank you! -- s > > Sent from my iPad > > On May 20, 2012, at 8:17 AM, "Harold Bush" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Sue, I agree it's a fond tribute; and it also seems marked by latency, or >> belatedness, to Twain's loss of Livy. i.e., it seems like with profound >> grief it often takes a very long time to "bottom out" into a darker a >> depressed reality. With loss of a spouse it may be a year or 2 or more t= > =3D > o >> process fully or "realize" the death, during which time humor and good >> feelings may well prevail. A very quick response, to be sure, but this >> model makes sense to me, re: Eve's Diary, which is filled with light and >> love, I think. >> =3D20 >> Hal B. >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Kevin Mac Donnell < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> =3D20 >>> Adam's Diary was first published in 1893. Eve's diary, first published a >>> year and a half after Livy's death, is in some ways a tribute to Livy. >>> =3D20 >>> Kevin >>> @ >>> Mac Donnell Rare Books >>> 9307 Glenlake Drive >>> Austin TX 78730 >>> 512-345-4139 >>> Member: ABAA, ILAB >>> ************************* >>> You may browse our books at >>> www.macdonnellrarebooks.com >>> =3D20 >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Harris, Susan Kumin" <[log in to unmask]> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:16 PM >>> Subject: Fwd: Extracts from Adam and Eve's Diaries >>> =3D20 >>> =3D20 >>>> From: "Harris, Susan Kumin" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> >>>> Date: May 19, 2012 6:17:59 PM CDT >>>> To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" >>>> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:TWAIN=3D3D >>>> [log in to unmask]>> >>>> Subject: Extracts from Adam and Eve's Diaries >>>> =3D20 >>>> Hi, all. A friend has just contacted me with a question I can't answer= > =3D > . >>>> H=3D3D >>>> e's teaching the Diaries in a Bible & Lit class, and is surprised that >>>> they=3D3D >>>> are so lighthearted and funny, given that Livy died that year. He asks >>>> wha=3D3D >>>> t the story is. I'm on the road and can't do any research. What IS the >>>> sto=3D3D >>>> ry, does anyone know? >>>> =3D20 >>>> Thank you! - Susan Harris >>>> =3D20 >>>> Sent from my iPad >>>> =3D20 >>>> =3D20 >>>> =3D20 >>>> ----- >>>> No virus found in this message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5009 - Release Date: 05/19/= > =3D > 12 >>>> =3D20 >>> =3D20 >>> =3D20 >>> =3D20 >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2012.0.2176 / Virus Database: 2425/5009 - Release Date: 05/19/1= > =3D > 2 >>> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> =3D20 >> --=3D20 >> Harold K. Bush, Ph.D >> Professor of English >> Saint Louis University >> St. Louis, MO 63108 >> 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) >> <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> >> =3D20 > > =20 >