Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 53
The third of six cryptograms from chapter 53 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.
"Fvpbyqscyojayjqbvzvaibz,phrbyz,Ofcllvfb;OypfczbOrvjvatjvn."
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length54 letters, 18 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 53 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"There is a gentleman with him, mamma," said Kitty; "who can it be?"
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"La!" replied Kitty, "it looks just like that man that used to be with him before. Mr. what's his name - that tall, proud man."
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 53easy, 80 letters
- Chapter 53easy, 62 letters
- Chapter 53medium, 79 letters
- Chapter 53medium, 80 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 46medium, 61 letters
- Chapter 7medium, 59 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 77 letters
- Chapter 39medium, 58 letters
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