A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E” by Ernest Vincent Wright

Gadsby- A Story of Over 50,000 Words Without Using the Letter “E” by Ernest Vincent Wright

introduction by the author

THE ENTIRE MANUSCRIPT of this story was written with the E type-bar of the typewriter tied down; thus making it impossible for that letter to be printed. This was done so that none of that vowel might slip in, accidentally; and many did try to do so!

The full story is online here