Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 29
The sixth 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.
Buldwsovnhdxyexfovnhoishnfadguhnfohsvfldxmdyy!Umdldxndsxwfbyojnshnumv.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length68 letters, 19 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.
"We never had any governess."
The sentence you are solving goes here.
Elizabeth could hardly help smiling, as she assured her that had not been the case.
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 29hard, 57 letters
- Chapter 29medium, 64 letters
- Chapter 29medium, 64 letters
- Chapter 29easy, 85 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 2medium, 59 letters
- Chapter 58medium, 66 letters
- Chapter 43medium, 90 letters
- Chapter 58medium, 55 letters
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