Diligent decoders have finally solved the mystery of Dickens's "Tavistock letter," which turned out to be about ... advertising. Apologies to all who were hoping for something more exciting! BBC News has the story of how the code was cracked and who earned the reward for cracking it.
On December 15, Christie's will auction off a particularly "colorful" letter written by Dickens about a dinner gone wrong during one of his Christmas Carol reading tours. Click here for details!
The Dickens Code Project is offering £300 to whoever can decipher the "Tavistock letter," a letter Dickens wrote in his own "messy" personal version of shorthand. The Daily Mail has the details! Thanks to Rachel McMillan for the tip.
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