Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell's village of genteel economies and small wars.

64 cryptograms drawn from it, every one by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell.

How hard they are

18 easy, 28 medium and 18 hard, graded by the model described in our guide to solving cryptograms.

They average 72.2 letters over 19.1 distinct ones, with 3.8 letters appearing exactly once.

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