Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 17
The fourth of six cryptograms from chapter 17 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.
Larjtyyxtmaezuvafesfuqafyatgar;djarzilqyyrjqiaeizrtreixtitiflqyyuqoaiezuseef.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyeasy
- Length75 letters, 19 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 17 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
I was moved. I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent, but I felt that there was some justice in his argument. His tale and the feelings he now expressed proved him to be a creature of fine sensations, and did I not as his maker owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow? He saw my change of feeling and continued,
The sentence you are solving goes here.
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the hard one from chapter 17.
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 17easy, 97 letters
- Chapter 17hard, 63 letters
- Chapter 17hard, 62 letters
- Chapter 17medium, 51 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 16easy, 88 letters
- Chapter 15easy, 77 letters
- Chapter 5easy, 97 letters
- Chapter 8easy, 80 letters
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