E-less book

[q_sharon]

GADSBY is one of the e-less books written by Ernest Vincent Wright in February of 1939 in Los Angeles, California. It is a story of about 50,000 words without using the letter e.
Writings of this kind is called a lipogram , which means a work of writing that deliberately excludes letters.

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[cmo]

GADSBY is one of the e-less books written by Ernest Vincent Wright in February of 1939 in Los Angeles, California. It is a story of about 50,000 words without using the letter e.
writings of this kind is called a lipogram , which means a work of writing that deliberately excludes letters.

Wikipedia:idea:

Really? Without using the letter "e"? I would like to see :emoticon-6: this book or excerpts of it!!

:cool1:

[q_sharon]

yup. and you can start reading it. just with a few chapters to deal with, cmo.

[cmo]

yup. and you can start reading it. just with a few chapters to deal with, cmo.

Do you have a link to the book? Pls. post here, if possible! :thanks: in advance!

:smilie3:

[racz_jay25]

additional info

Gadsby is a novel by Ernest Vincent Wright (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Vincent_Wright), written around 1939. It is famous for not containing the letter 'e (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E)', the most common letter in the English language. The novel is about 50,100 words long.
The lack of the letter 'e' makes Gadsby a lipogram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogram), or an example of constrained writing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constrained_writing). Wright explains in the introduction that he had to tie down the 'E' key of his typewriter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter) to avoid mistakes.
The story tells how the main character, John Gadsby, transforms his home town of Branton Hills into a bustling city by tapping the vigour and original thought of youth. Quoting from its first paragraph:

"If youth, throughout all history, had a champion to stand up for it; to show a doubting world that a child can think; and, possibly, do it practically; you wouldn't constantly run across folks today who claim that "a child don't know anything." A child's brain starts functioning at birth; and has, amongst its many infant convolutions, thousands of dormant atoms, into which God has put a mystic possibility for noticing an adult's act, and figuring out its purport"

The use of odd punctuation, contrived language, and disjointed air carry on throughout the book.
As well as having to avoid common words such as 'the', 'he', and 'she', Wright made the task particularly hard for himself by setting Gadsby in the past tense, while avoiding the verb ending '-ed'. He also made valiant attempts to include objects that ordinarily require the letter E, such as a horse-drawn fire engine; he achieved this by describing the object without quite naming it. A Thanksgiving turkey (possessing the letter 'e') is identified by Wright as a 'holiday bird'.

Wright never saw his work in print—he died at the age of 66 on the day it was published.

He managed to finish this novel in just 165 days.

[racz_jay25]

here's the site..

http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/01.html

Let's try looking for letter 'e'..hehe

[cmo]

here's the site..

http://www.spinelessbooks.com/gadsby/01.html

Let's try looking for letter 'e'..hehe

Thanks racz_jay25, you are indeed a Word Hunter!!!!

:well_done: :well_done: :well_done: :well_done: :well_done:

[ctivnan]

GADSBY is one of the e-less books written by Ernest Vincent Wright in February of 1939 in Los Angeles, California. It is a story of about 50,000 words without using the letter e.
writings of this kind is called a lipogram , which means a work of writing that deliberately excludes letters.

Wikipedia:idea:

:thanks: Good post!! :Bear Smiley 6030:

This is quite unusual, huh? I'd love to get hold of this book, q_sharon. :there:

:happy0007: :inlove:

[ctivnan]

additional info

Gadsby is a novel by Ernest Vincent Wright (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Vincent_Wright), written around 1939. It is famous for not containing the letter 'e (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E)', the most common letter in the English language. The novel is about 50,100 words long.
The lack of the letter 'e' makes Gadsby a .

:thankyou: Racz! This has been very informative! :COOL0020:

And I have bookmarked the link! It should be a good read! :hihihi:

[Zahir]

GADSBY is one of the e-less books written by Ernest Vincent Wright in February of 1939 in Los Angeles, California. It is a story of about 50,000 words without using the letter e.
writings of this kind is called a lipogram , which means a work of writing that deliberately excludes letters.

Wikipedia:idea:

:thanks: Glad to know something unusual!!!

[q_sharon]

thanks for the quick assist racz jay 25. i find you amazing.:bravo:

[racz_jay25]

thanks for the quick assist racz jay 25. i find you amazing.:bravo:

you're welcome q_sharon.. thanks for the post, without that, i wouldn't know that there's an e-less book..

[q_sharon]

so that makes us both word hunters,cmo?

[cmo]

so that makes us both word hunters,cmo?

Ah, yahh, the 2 of you, q_sharon & racz_jay ... word hunters! :friendz:

Hunters of ... words!!!!! :bravo: Okay!!!

:fishin::fishin::fishin::fishin::fishin:

[q_sharon]

thanks for the acknowledgement, cmo!!

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