Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 11
The first of six cryptograms from chapter 11 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.
Rz.Bxzfebli,ebozoygzo,vgebpvuegigtxeegfezoesbbprfowygvgvogyebofgylflviugegfwook.Ilzsdeggnxkltggn.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length92 letters, 20 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 11 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
But when the gentlemen entered, Jane was no longer the first object; Miss Bingley's eyes were instantly turned towards Darcy, and she had something to say to him before he had advanced many steps. He addressed himself directly to Miss Bennet with a polite congratulation; Mr. Hurst also made her a slight bow, and said he was "very glad;" but diffuseness and warmth remained for Bingley's salutation. He was full of joy and attention. The first half hour was spent in piling up the fire, lest she should suffer from the change of room; and she removed, at his desire, to the other side of the fireplace, that she might be farther from the door. He then sat down by her, and talked scarcely to anyone else. Elizabeth, at work in the opposite corner, saw it all with great delight.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the medium one from chapter 11.
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 10medium, 70 letters
- Chapter 10hard, 51 letters
- Chapter 11medium, 87 letters
- Chapter 11hard, 64 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 43easy, 95 letters
- Chapter 42easy, 91 letters
- Chapter 51easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 7easy, 85 letters
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