Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 10
The third of four cryptograms from chapter 10 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.
Jpuvzrrbvmjmbhwmwhbjrtmhpug.Vpuqmyuwpmejbbqmjjqujbotgulbgpmvtrrgbatjmbh.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length70 letters, 18 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 10 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
When that business was over, he applied to Miss Bingley and Elizabeth for the indulgence of some music. Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the pianoforte, and after a polite request that Elizabeth would lead the way, which the other as politely and more earnestly negatived, she seated herself.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
After playing some Italian songs, Miss Bingley varied the charm by a lively Scotch air; and soon afterwards Mr. Darcy, drawing near Elizabeth, said to her, -
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 10hard, 64 letters
- Chapter 10easy, 98 letters
- Chapter 10hard, 51 letters
- Chapter 11easy, 92 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 15medium, 72 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 58 letters
- Chapter 50medium, 87 letters
- Chapter 25medium, 74 letters
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