Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 54
The fourth of seven cryptograms from chapter 54 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.
RcsuctoeYkdkpakvccoyzrkgctfrqckjikuqhpkgkshocvryzocdk?
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyhard
- Length53 letters, 20 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 54 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
Darcy had walked away to another part of the room. She followed him with her eyes, envied everyone to whom he spoke, had scarcely patience enough to help anybody to coffee, and then was enraged against herself for being so silly!
The sentence you are solving goes here.
She was a little revived, however, by his bringing back his coffee-cup himself; and she seized the opportunity of saying, -
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 54hard, 88 letters
- Chapter 54easy, 57 letters
- Chapter 54easy, 90 letters
- Chapter 54easy, 89 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 42hard, 61 letters
- Chapter 34hard, 67 letters
- Chapter 5hard, 70 letters
- Chapter 56hard, 62 letters
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