Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 9
The fourth of five cryptograms from chapter 9 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.
"Ayqqfgswxforsgsaqufaosyqcfjrxioryovxatvxtatorsjxftogwyqatoxkt."
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length61 letters, 17 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 9 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever."
The sentence you are solving goes here.
Everybody was surprised; and Darcy, after looking at her for a moment, turned silently away. Mrs. Bennet, who fancied she had gained a complete victory over him, continued her triumph, -
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 9medium, 77 letters
- Chapter 9hard, 70 letters
- Chapter 9hard, 67 letters
- Chapter 10hard, 64 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 51easy, 78 letters
- Chapter 7easy, 84 letters
- Chapter 55easy, 98 letters
- Chapter 20easy, 100 letters
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