Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 4
The first of four cryptograms from chapter 4 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.
Bihcgkhlsrmugzuqmrunlqixvqmxecekml,usjhlslole.Zfurbixgjvlhielsurxeugrfusfkmumnksdqixuduks?
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length87 letters, 21 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 4 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"I was very much flattered by his asking me to dance a second time. I did not expect such a compliment."
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"Dear Lizzy!"
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
Want the answer?
Have a proper go at it first. The solution is on a page of its own, so you won’t run into it by accident.
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
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- Chapter 46medium, 53 letters
- Chapter 54medium, 60 letters
- Chapter 51medium, 86 letters
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