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Gadsby

by Ernest Vincent Wright

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First published
1939
Pages
135
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  1. Introduction

    7:21

  2. I

    30:16

  3. II

    14:00

  4. III

    14:38

  5. IV

    9:46

  6. V

    12:31

  7. VI

    9:21

  8. VII

    14:16

  9. VIII

    7:03

  10. IX

    7:56

  11. X

    4:51

  12. XI

    10:43

  13. XII

    6:27

  14. XIII

    15:11

  15. XIV

    9:35

  16. XV

    10:28

  17. XVI

    7:16

  18. XVII

    9:22

  19. XVIII

    15:11

  20. XIX

    8:54

  21. XX

    7:13

  22. XXI

    5:03

  23. XXII

    5:02

  24. XXIII

    5:17

  25. XXIV

    3:48

  26. XXV

    9:43

  27. XXVI

    7:00

  28. XXVII

    2:59

  29. XXVIII

    5:45

  30. XXIX

    7:08

  31. XXX

    7:52

  32. XXXI

    2:32

  33. XXXII

    4:47

  34. XXXIII

    7:40

  35. XXXIV

    4:25

  36. XXXV

    6:29

  37. XXXVI

    3:17

  38. XXXVII

    3:49

  39. XXXVIII

    9:43

  40. XXXIX

    10:30

  41. XL

    7:06

  42. XLI

    6:56

  43. XLII

    2:24

  44. XLIII

    9:15

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A town that has fallen into a rut gives Ernest Vincent Wright a setting for his argument that young people deserve a practical voice in community life. Published in 1939, Gadsby combines a small-town novel with an unusual writing constraint: its story avoids the letter E. Wright's introduction explains how that rule shapes everything from pronouns and verb endings to numbers, and describes tying down a typewriter key to enforce it.

The opening challenges adults who dismiss children's questions and abilities, linking curiosity, education and play to the health of a growing community. In a later scene, Mayor Gadsby and Doctor Wilkins confront harmful drinking among local youths, and public anger fills a courtroom. Civic pride and responsibility run alongside the book's experiment with language. Readers interested in constrained writing can examine its ingenious phrasing, while the town's concerns offer a view of the author's hopes for youth and public life.

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Book facts

First published
1939
Reading time
About 4 hours
Pages
135
Language
English
Formats
PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
Audio read by
Kathi Reynolds, Bill Boerst, John and others