Cryptogram from Pride and Prejudice, chapter 58
The first of eight cryptograms from chapter 58 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.
Ajlhhtqthrnefnqziflhoahrgtsptegtseshnblvzqnuoahuhnkkitvgzttekakine.
- Written byJane Austen
- Taken fromPride and Prejudice
- Difficultymedium
- Length66 letters, 20 of them different
Where it comes from
Jane Austen wrote it in chapter 58 of Pride and Prejudice. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
They walked towards the Lucases', because Kitty wished to call upon Maria; and as Elizabeth saw no occasion for making it a general concern, when Kitty left them she went boldly on with him alone. Now was the moment for her resolution to be executed; and while her courage was high, she immediately said, -
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"I am sorry, exceedingly sorry," replied Darcy, in a tone of surprise and emotion, "that you have ever been informed of what may, in a mistaken light, have given you uneasiness. I did not think Mrs. Gardiner was so little to be trusted."
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 57easy, 99 letters
- Chapter 57medium, 57 letters
- Chapter 58easy, 80 letters
- Chapter 58medium, 55 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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