Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 29
The first of ten cryptograms from chapter 29 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.
Bdkegsdsyustesh,rdcwwlnocvqshzscrgsdkrrkjbqbel,egkebevcxqhgkuuso.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyhard
- Length62 letters, 21 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 29 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
Mr. Collins's triumph, in consequence of this invitation, was complete. The power of displaying the grandeur of his patroness to his wondering visitors, and of letting them see her civility towards himself and his wife, was exactly what he had wished for; and that an opportunity of doing it should be given so soon was such an instance of Lady Catherine's condescension as he knew not how to admire enough.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"I am the less surprised at what has happened," replied Sir William, "from that knowledge of what the manners of the great really are, which my situation in life has allowed me to acquire. About the court, such instances of elegant breeding are not uncommon."
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 27easy, 83 letters
- Chapter 27hard, 59 letters
- Chapter 29easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 29hard, 68 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 42hard, 61 letters
- Chapter 54hard, 53 letters
- Chapter 34hard, 67 letters
- Chapter 5hard, 70 letters
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