Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 12
The seventh of seven cryptograms from chapter 12 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.
Bhvmeahvevhgobgxfgql,nmhsm,lglmgxvevhjtatbgxt,nelawted,qejc,eoqkonmgwtlgjt.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyhard
- Length69 letters, 20 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 12 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"These thoughts exhilarated me and led me to apply with fresh ardour to the acquiring the art of language. My organs were indeed harsh, but supple; and although my voice was very unlike the soft music of their tones, yet I pronounced such words as I understood with tolerable ease. It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
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 12medium, 61 letters
- Chapter 12medium, 83 letters
- Chapter 13medium, 96 letters
- Chapter 13hard, 71 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 24hard, 55 letters
- Chapter 24hard, 73 letters
- Chapter 17hard, 63 letters
- Chapter 19hard, 77 letters
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