TIL that in 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright wrote and published a 50,000 word novel, 'Gadsby' which does not contain the letter 'e' . A warehouse containing most copies of the book burned down. en.wikipedia.org Submitted by Lupercali t3_z58692 on November 26, 2022 at 1:58 PM in todayilearned 46 comments 223
monohtoen t1_ixwjn73 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 10:57 PM Reply to comment by M0rqu1ng4 in TIL that in 1939 Ernest Vincent Wright wrote and published a 50,000 word novel, 'Gadsby' which does not contain the letter 'e' . A warehouse containing most copies of the book burned down. by Lupercali https://www3.nd.edu/~busiforc/handouts/cryptography/letterfrequencies.html Permalink Parent 2
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