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Name Another Book
Cryptography
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A clue-giving paragraph of a well known book has been encrypted below. Each letter of the alphabet has been replaced by another using a simple substitution technique. For example, A may always be represented by G, etc. Can you name the book?
U sfr opc fhit cp iuqkc po foe lfv pg spgz quyuoq ckt tbfjc ipjfiuce pa ckt Jfrcit Ngfjwif, fr cktgt fgt op lfvr pa ckur jpwocge fr etc cp jplvfgt suck pwg pso Pgnfojt Rwgyte Lfvr; hwc U apwon ckfc Hurcgucd, ckt vprc cpso ofltn he Jpwoc Ngfjwif, ur f afugie stii-zopso vifjt. U rkfii toctg ktgt rplt pa le opctr, fr ckte lfe gtagtrk le ltlpge skto U cfiz pytg le cgfytir suck Luof.
U sfr opc fhit cp iuqkc po foe lfv pg spgz quyuoq ckt tbfjc ipjfiuce pa ckt Jfrcit Ngfjwif, fr cktgt fgt op lfvr pa ckur jpwocge fr etc cp jplvfgt suck pwg pso Pgnfojt Rwgyte Lfvr; hwc U apwon ckfc Hurcgucd, ckt vprc cpso ofltn he Jpwoc Ngfjwif, ur f afugie stii-zopso vifjt. U rkfii toctg ktgt rplt pa le opctr, fr ckte lfe gtagtrk le ltlpge skto U cfiz pytg le cgfytir suck Luof.
Answer
The piece of text is from the original Dracula by Bram Stoker and should read:I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordance Survey Maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a fairly well-known place. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh my memory when I talk over my travels with Mina.
a has been represented by f.
b has been represented by h.
c has been represented by j.
d has been represented by n.
e has been represented by t.
f has been represented by a.
g has been represented by q.
h has been represented by k.
i has been represented by u.
j has been represented by x.
k has been represented by z.
l has been represented by i.
m has been represented by l.
n has been represented by o.
o has been represented by p.
p has been represented by v.
q has been represented by m.
r has been represented by g.
s has been represented by r.
t has been represented by c.
u has been represented by w.
v has been represented by y.
w has been represented by s.
x has been represented by b.
y has been represented by e.
z has been represented by d.
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