Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 31
The first of four cryptograms from chapter 31 of Pride and Prejudice. Every letter below stands for a different one, the same way all the way through, and no letter ever stands for itself.
NmxbxzbxcxqlxvloxfaXatozap,Fudllvux,qmvmzjxgvbxnbdxxayvkgxanvcgdufrnmzagkuxoc,vbzexnnxbazndbzonzunx.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length96 letters, 22 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 31 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"We were talking of music, madam," said he, when no longer able to avoid a reply.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
Mr. Darcy spoke with affectionate praise of his sister's proficiency.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
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Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
- Chapter 30medium, 76 letters
- Chapter 30hard, 66 letters
- Chapter 31hard, 81 letters
- Chapter 31medium, 74 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 46medium, 53 letters
- Chapter 4medium, 87 letters
- Chapter 54medium, 60 letters
- Chapter 51medium, 86 letters
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