The Great Gadsby
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189792)
Boise, Idaho
June 21, 2019 2:05pm CST
The book entitled "The Great Gadsby" was written in 1939 by Ernest Vincent Wright. It is about a fictional city called Branton Hills in which the new mayor, John Gadsby, revitalizes. This book is over 50,000 words long but doesn't contain one letter "e". The author thought of doing this after learning that the letter appears in writings about five times more often than any other letter. He actually tied down the letter on his typewriter.
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@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
21 Jun 19
Okay you had me totally confused by this one I was thinking to myself didn't F Scott Fitzgerlad write The Great Gatsby but then I realized this is Gadsby not Gatsby.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jun 19
oh now I see. I also had thought it was about the real person of whom I had read
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Jun 19
@BelleStarr Thank you for clarifying that. I thought the title was misspelled and the author.
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@LindaOHio (222282)
• United States
21 Jun 19
I didn't know about the letter "e" thing in the Great Gatsby. Interesting.
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@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jun 19
I just looked it up and the confusion was made by your title. the book was called Gadsby . no great in the title.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Novel by Ernest Vincent Wright that did not use the letter "e" Not to be confused with The Great Gatsby. Gadsby AuthorErnest Vincent WrightCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenreNovel
@bunnybon7 (50970)
• Holiday, Florida
28 Jun 19
really? that is amazing. Actually I really thought there was a Gadsby . Did not know he was fictional.
