"If Youth, throughout all his history, had had a champion to stand up for it; to show a doubting world that a child can think; and, possibly, do it practically; you wouldn't constantly run across folks today who claim that 'a child don't know anything.'"
"Though self-published in the late nineteen-thirties to no fanfare, it's now acknowledged more or less widely as a literary oddity, far more often cited as a piece of trivia than actually read."
"In denying himself 'E', the single most common letter in the English language, Wright denied himself the majority of pronouns, like he, she, they, them, theirs, and so on."
Gadsby, a novel by Ernest Vincent Wright, was self-published in 1939 and is recognized for its unusual constraint of omitting the letter 'E'. This limitation affects the prose style, making it stilted and circumlocutory. The book is often cited as a literary oddity rather than widely read. Wright's choice to exclude the most common letter in English also eliminates many pronouns and past-tense words, creating a unique reading experience. Despite its initial lack of acclaim, Gadsby has gained recognition over time.
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