Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 13
The fourth of four cryptograms from chapter 13 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.
Lbpewydygzysnyywpiylwqgynyfialwqfykgrbktaplfyepwzlwsygtkcgnyrlsbfy.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length66 letters, 19 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 13 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"Other lessons were impressed upon me even more deeply. I heard of the difference of sexes, and the birth and growth of children, how the father doted on the smiles of the infant, and the lively sallies of the older child, how all the life and cares of the mother were wrapped up in the precious charge, how the mind of youth expanded and gained knowledge, of brother, sister, and all the various relationships which bind one human being to another in mutual bonds.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"I will soon explain to what these feelings tended, but allow me now to return to the cottagers, whose story excited in me such various feelings of indignation, delight, and wonder, but which all terminated in additional love and reverence for my protectors (for so I loved, in an innocent, half-painful self-deceit, to call them)."
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 13hard, 71 letters
- Chapter 13easy, 88 letters
- Chapter 14medium, 79 letters
- Chapter 15medium, 67 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 24medium, 69 letters
- Chapter 15medium, 55 letters
- Chapter 16medium, 73 letters
- Chapter 24medium, 74 letters
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