Today I Found Out

Today I Found Out

The 50,000 Word Novel That Doesn’t Contain the Letter “E” (2015x135)


Air date: Sep 21, 2015

→Subscribe for new videos every day! http://bit.ly/t→’s 1939 novel Gadsby is over 50,000 words long. There is nothing remarkable about that. What makes this novel noteworthy is that it doesn’t contain a single letter “e” anywhere other than the cover. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/the-novel-gadsby-has-50110-words-yet-none-of-them-contain-the-letter-e/ Sources: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1466216735/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=vicastingcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1466216735 http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-08-06/art/egadsby/ http://www.bookride.com/2007/02/gadsby-story-of-over-50000-words_24.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_%28novel%29 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lipogram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Vincent_Wright http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gadsby.jpg Image Credit: https://www.google.com.ua/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAQQjBxqFQoTCNzdxa7aoMcCFcJrFAod74ANCg&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffarm8.staticflickr.com%2F7257%2F6870088938_c94d3b8ea1_o_d.jpg&ei=8b7JVZyhIsLXUe-BtlA&bvm=bv.99804247,d.d24&psig=AFQjCNHbWnPTNl62uLeZJf8hbRXJQP-YpA&ust=1439371374863973 http://www.docomomo-noca.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Vincent-Raney-200-dpi.jpg http://www.eskimeyenkitaplar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/gadsby-ernest-vincent.jpg http://www.teknologeek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/vincent-360x450.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gadsby.djvu/page7-1024px-Gadsby.djvu.jpg http://www.weirdworldfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gadsby.jpg http://www.members.shaw.ca/lewisnorm/genealogy/ernest.jpg https://dpowersdoc.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/keyboard-20111127-006-_dp70981-e.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81Y5z0MSwHL.jpg http://www.members.shaw.ca/lewisnorm/genealogy/ernest.jpg http://www.jesuismort.com/forum/georges-perec/le-nom-cache-dans-la-disparition-comportant-un-e-en-son-sein/couver

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