Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 13
The third 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.
Pmta,owapbwa,wzbfwbmpcdtvprfkwdpbwefasjbwvekuwbtzbsetcdaeuw;Pmtazecwxwzevcdwatuwztcfkwtautz.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyeasy
- Length88 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.
"Every conversation of the cottagers now opened new wonders to me. While I listened to the instructions which Felix bestowed upon the Arabian, the strange system of human society was explained to me. I heard of the division of property, of immense wealth and squalid poverty, of rank, descent, and noble blood.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me; I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge. Oh, that I had for ever remained in my native wood, nor known nor felt beyond the sensations of hunger, thirst, and heat!
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 13medium, 96 letters
- Chapter 13hard, 71 letters
- Chapter 13medium, 66 letters
- Chapter 14medium, 79 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 11easy, 79 letters
- Chapter 7easy, 89 letters
- Chapter 24easy, 99 letters
- Chapter 12easy, 55 letters
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