Back Гадсби (роман) Bulgarian Gadsby German Gadsby (novela) Spanish گدسبی (رمان) Persian Gadsby Finnish Gadsby (roman) French ギャズビー Japanese Gadsby (tiểu thuyết) Vietnamese
&sq=Hollywood movie industry&lang=en&file=File:Gadsby_(book_cover).jpg) Front dust jacket of the 1939 first edition | |
| Author | Ernest Vincent Wright |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel, lipogram omitting the letter E |
| Publisher | Wetzel Publishing Co. |
Publication date | 1939 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 260 pp |
| OCLC | 57759048 |
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. The plot revolves around the dying fictional city of Branton Hills, which is revitalized as a result of the efforts of protagonist John Gadsby and a youth organizer.
Though vanity published and little noticed in its time, the book has since become a favorite of fans of constrained writing and is a sought-after rarity among some book collectors. The first edition carries on title page and cover the subtitle A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter "E" (with the variant 50,000 Word Novel Without the Letter "E" on the dust jacket), sometimes dropped from late reprints.
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