You Won't Find the Letter "E" in Either of These Two Novels.
Two authors managed to complete entire novels without ever using the letter "E" all the more amazing.
Written in 1939, Ernest Vincent Wright's Gadsby is a 50,000 word novel—and there’s not an "E" in sight (at least not once you get past the author's name or the introduction, in which Wright mentions how people often told him that such a feat was impossible). But Gadsby sticks to its own rules admirably. If there are abbreviations used, they are only ones that still would not contain the letter "E" if written out in full. In order to make sure he didn't accidentally cheat, Wright reportedly tied down the letter "E" on his typewriter.
Inspired by Wright, Georges Perec decided to write his own novel without the letter "E"—in his first language, French. Published in 1969, it was called La Disparition
This sounds fun. So this is my paragraph:
“Although, it is highly common in most paragraphs, a trial at accomplishing such an account of writing is not that difficult. You would want to know that this task might occupy most of your brain for hours if not for a short duration. And as you go through this account, its composition will look atypical in a way or two. This is so, for I am struggling to attain words that would impart what I want to say. And in doing so, I'm also missing out on so many words that I must dismiss owing to our condition that binds this solution. Not willing to go on and on with this supposingly silly and absurd paragraph, I'll opt to put a halt at this point having shown practically that it is not impractical to attain a paragraph with our symbol of highlight.”
Having finished the paragraph above, I'll finally take the liberty of using E again. Damn it's never the same with you!
E is the most frequently used letter among the alphabet. It occupies 12.702% (source: Wikipedia) of almost every common written document or account at an average.
However, like I mentioned in the paragraph earlier, its not impossible to leave it out and still be able to ,write sensibly. Although I struggled to get that paragraph into shape which still conveys nothing more than what you might already know.
Here's a whole novel that was written without the letter 'E’ (except for its title and the author's name, so don't point fingers there, you!)
Hats off to Ernest Vincent Wright - Wikipedia for this incredible feat!
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