The most complete edition of Twain's two stories, it uses Mark Twain's preferred text and includes passages not previously included--and not available in any other version. The editor's afterword tells how Twain came to write the "Diaries, " which are recognized today as his most personal works of fiction. "Funny? Yes. And you expect that from Twain. But this is also a love story... " --Birmingham Weekly, May 1999 "The sort of book that makes for deeply satisfying reading... one of the great love stories of all time." --The Mark Twain Forum, January 1999