Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 16
The first of six cryptograms from chapter 16 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.
Ruqmpuqwvakpvztqhrqaqitvwqk,uquvkvmeiieapgmcpjeleztcfcmfuqa,cmaqpgam,zjhcppcmfkermperuchp.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultyeasy
- Length86 letters, 19 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 16 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
With such rivals for the notice of the fair as Mr. Wickham and the officers, Mr. Collins seemed to sink into insignificance; to the young ladies he certainly was nothing; but he had still at intervals a kind listener in Mrs. Philips, and was, by her watchfulness, most abundantly supplied with coffee and muffin.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"I know little of the game at present," said he, "but I shall be glad to improve myself; for in my situation of life - - " Mrs. Philips was very thankful for his compliance, but could not wait for his reason.
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 15medium, 79 letters
- Chapter 15medium, 72 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 76 letters
- Chapter 16medium, 74 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 46easy, 60 letters
- Chapter 11easy, 85 letters
- Chapter 6easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 57easy, 99 letters
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