Can you decipher the first lines of these famous works of literature? (Each cryptogram uses a different cipher.)
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“Once on a dark winter’s day, when the yellow fog hung so thick and heavy in the streets of London that the lamps were lighted and the shop windows blazed with gas as they do at night, an odd-looking little girl sat in a cab with her father and was driven rather slowly through the big thoroughfares.” (A Little Princess, Frances Hodgson Burnett)
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“When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton.” (The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien)
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“Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” (Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare)
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“When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.” (The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton)
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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” (Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen)
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“I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support.” (The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank)
“An xfy bgc apmcgcumcs ap umfgacu ramd dbwwx cpsapzu, mdcp xfy rfyes hc hcmmcg fnn ufocrdcgc ceuc.”
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“If you are interested in stories with happy endings, then you would be better off somewhere else.” (The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket)
“Cnmsm rie whxm i owt hipmq Pvbw rnw qvqh’c jhwr rnic cw qw rvcn nvpembu — hwc kaec ewpmcvpme, oac ibrite.”
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“There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself — not just sometimes, but always.” (The Phantom Tollbooth, Norton Juster)
“Yt gv veotkan stf gena ioptansmpa vasnu gv hslzan ksia ga uega sfiywa lzsl Y’ia maat lontytk eian yt gv gytf aian uytwa.”
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“In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.” (The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald)
“Mg zg yrx bypah mg Dzqma obzo uza iyfhqhx umob fmgha, rmfhx ouhrfh rmoorh emqra mg ouy aoqzmebo rmgha.”
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“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines.” (Madeline, Ludwig Bemelmans)
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