The Novel Gadsby

[Omega]

In our paper a question was asked:

The novel Gadsby is said to contain no letter "e" in the entire book. Is this true and, if so, why? Surely it can't be accidental?[/b]

The answer was given which is:

Written by the American Ernest Vincent Wright in 1939, and comprising over 50,000 words, Gadsby is indeed a novel that doe not contain a single letter "e". The Author attributed this to his "somewhat bulky nature". He saw it as a challenge having been told that it could not be done.[/b]

I must say this sounds quite incredible; did anyone else know that????

[sp54]

:bigeyes:

I wouldn't have thought it possible :unsure:

Now I have an urge to go and double check for myself :lol:

[marieuk]

Wow O as you have probably guessed English is not my strong point, but i would have thought it would be impossible, but i guess its statements like that what made him write the book in the first place :rolleyes:


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[Planet 24]

I had to go chEck and its amazing Gadsby (http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/01.html)

It takEs a grEat dEal of talEnt ... I'vE nEvEr usEd so many E's bEforE lol

[Omega]

It's funny bcaus thy say that too many "e's" are bad for your halth :hihi: :hihi: h must hav known that back thn vn bfor all the scintists found out :hihi: :hihi:

[tortoise]

Wow how amazing!

I can do it too, couldn't do a book though.



I would have thought it was really hard as "e" is the most used letter in the alphabet.

[hotdog69]

I think it's in the record books somwhere.