Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 1
The fourth of four cryptograms from chapter 1 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.
NmmxuntflfdlfyirlqievluTulzltklqnfbnqlyinxifflfftieipbcire.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length58 letters, 19 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 1 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
When my father returned from Milan, he found playing with me in the hall of our villa a child fairer than pictured cherub - a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks and whose form and motions were lighter than the chamois of the hills. The apparition was soon explained. With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her. They were fond of the sweet orphan. Her presence had seemed a blessing to them, but it would be unfair to her to keep her in poverty and want when Providence afforded her such powerful protection. They consulted their village priest, and the result was that Elizabeth Lavenza became the inmate of my parents' house - my more than sister - the beautiful and adored companion of all my occupations and my pleasures.
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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