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Gadsby is a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright, written without words that contain the letter E, the most common letter in English.A work that deliberately avoids certain letters is known as a lipogram.
Ernest Vincent Wright (1872 – October 7, 1939) [1] was an American writer known for his book Gadsby, a 50,000-word novel which, except for four instances, did not use the letter E. Biography [ edit ]
Gadsby, a 1939 novel by Ernest Vincent Wright, about its primary character John Gadsby without the letter 'E' Gadsby, Alberta, a small village in east central Alberta, Canada; W Gadsby & Son Ltd, a UK supplier of wicker baskets and gift packaging
Graphic House/GettyI had to start Richard Wright’s novel The Man Who Lived Underground three times before I could get past the first 20 pages. On the first couple of tries, I had to put the book ...
Ernest or Ernie Wright may refer to: Ernest Vincent Wright (1872–1939), American author; Ernest M. Wright (born 1940), Irish-American biologist; Ernest Hunter Wright (1882–1968), professor of English at Columbia University; G. Ernest Wright (1909–1974), Old Testament scholar and biblical archaeologist
The story is perceived through the eyes of Denny, the secretary and mistress of university professor Ernest Wright, who increasingly exerts influence on the life of the Wright family. While the novel is set in the fictional town (and university) of Wellspring, Leavitt dedicates the book to the Stanford, California , house he grew up in, 743 ...
CHICAGO — Richard Wright, in the winter of 1941, was the most successful Black author in America. Only 14 years earlier, he had made the Great Migration, moving from Memphis to Chicago. He had ...
Steven Wright, king of laconic one-liners, wrote the delightfully loopy novel "Harold" because he wanted to break free of stand-up's "very narrow window of creativity."