to be an oblique reference to the idea that later became Letters from the Earth: Louis J. Budd, editor of Mark Twain: Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays: Volume 2: 1891–1910 (1992), a volume in the Library of America series, places Letters from the Earth sequentially in 1909. Dramatic adaptations A stage adaptation of Letters from the Earth by Dan Savage was produced in Seattle in 2003. Selected quotations Letter VIII on "the law of God" expressed by each gender's physical construction: See also The Mysterious Stranger References External links Audio book: https://archive.org/details/let-1 Full text of Letters from the Earth Letters From The Earth by Mark Twain © Harper & Row, 1962, 1974 originally written in 1909, according to Mark Twain A to Z and Mark Twain's Last Days Letters from the earth 1962 short story collections Short story collections by Mark Twain Books critical of religion Books critical of Christianity Books published posthumously Fiction about the Devil Harper & Row books Black comedy books