God knows it was not love at first sight - this is how the beginning of the romance between Adam and Eve can be described, if we refer not to Genesis but to the diaries that Mark Twain (1835-1910) dictated to his biblical protagonists. The world-famous American author here negotiates the by no means paradisiacal inadequacies of the sexes with both humour and loving indulgence using the example of the first dream couple in history. The fact that the two finally come together is a rare stroke of luck for mankind - and for the reader!