Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 26
The first of five cryptograms from chapter 26 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.
Dhbxtvmsrxuhbgnnrorznhzdhbxxrchgbmahzvznwhhnqhznbqm,Avpcbxr.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyhard
- Length58 letters, 19 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 26 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
Mrs. Gardiner's caution to Elizabeth was punctually and kindly given on the first favourable opportunity of speaking to her alone: after honestly telling her what she thought, she thus went on: -
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"My dear aunt, this is being serious indeed."
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 25hard, 68 letters
- Chapter 25hard, 52 letters
- Chapter 26easy, 75 letters
- Chapter 26medium, 67 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 5hard, 51 letters
- Chapter 30hard, 66 letters
- Chapter 29hard, 65 letters
- Chapter 55hard, 53 letters
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