Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 15
The ninth of nine cryptograms from chapter 15 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.
Lvauqzuatsfixjvqbamkd,ywkkefkqihelmeLolifzzxolnathfdkqaikavkeathazzlirheaikeayzlitqztsfideqwztyafzqia.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyeasy
- Length100 letters, 23 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 15 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.
"One day, when the sun shone on the red leaves that strewed the ground and diffused cheerfulness, although it denied warmth, Safie, Agatha, and Felix departed on a long country walk, and the old man, at his own desire, was left alone in the cottage. When his children had departed, he took up his guitar and played several mournful but sweet airs, more sweet and mournful than I had ever heard him play before. At first his countenance was illuminated with pleasure, but as he continued, thoughtfulness and sadness succeeded; at length, laying aside the instrument, he sat absorbed in reflection.
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the medium one from chapter 15.
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 15medium, 55 letters
- Chapter 15medium, 61 letters
- Chapter 16hard, 81 letters
- Chapter 16hard, 52 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 22easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 23easy, 95 letters
- Chapter 24easy, 86 letters
- Chapter 12easy, 99 letters
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