Can you write a 50,000-word novel without using the letter E?
In short: In 1939, Ernest Vincent Wright achieved a staggering linguistic feat. This video explores the remarkable construction of his novel Gadsby, a book that avoids a single instance of the letter 'e' throughout its entire text.
The video examines the structural constraints of Gadsby, a novel by Ernest Vincent Wright published in 1939. While the book spans over 50,000 words, its true significance lies in its lipogrammatic nature: the letter 'e' is entirely absent from the narrative, appearing only on the book's cover.
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