Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 2
The fifth of five cryptograms from chapter 2 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Every letter below stands for a different one, the same way all the way through, and no letter ever stands for itself.
Xffimximxarjfjklyklxlyaszxiiykigjkrbaaykfzltyhayrdgpxefy.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyhard
- Length56 letters, 19 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 2 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
Thus strangely are our souls constructed, and by such slight ligaments are we bound to prosperity or ruin. When I look back, it seems to me as if this almost miraculous change of inclination and will was the immediate suggestion of the guardian angel of my life - the last effort made by the spirit of preservation to avert the storm that was even then hanging in the stars and ready to envelop me. Her victory was announced by an unusual tranquillity and gladness of soul which followed the relinquishing of my ancient and latterly tormenting studies. It was thus that I was to be taught to associate evil with their prosecution, happiness with their disregard.
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the medium one from chapter 2.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
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About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
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