Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 38
The first of three cryptograms from chapter 38 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.
Kwailjhoqhizhoqnhfglrzwldcaarfonwiauk,Tlddoqazho.Vaxrhvwhvutkkuakwaqatdkhkafgklrzhrakhhoqwofcualchma.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length98 letters, 21 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 38 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
On Saturday morning Elizabeth and Mr. Collins met for breakfast a few minutes before the others appeared; and he took the opportunity of paying the parting civilities which he deemed indispensably necessary.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
Elizabeth was eager with her thanks and assurances of happiness. She had spent six weeks with great enjoyment; and the pleasure of being with Charlotte, and the kind attention she had received, must make her feel the obliged. Mr. Collins was gratified; and with a more smiling solemnity replied, -
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 37medium, 81 letters
- Chapter 37hard, 73 letters
- Chapter 38easy, 62 letters
- Chapter 38hard, 73 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 34easy, 87 letters
- Chapter 19easy, 83 letters
- Chapter 46easy, 60 letters
- Chapter 11easy, 85 letters
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