Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 12
The third of seven cryptograms from chapter 12 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.
Gnyedxvybnqhxcukqgcbdkyttgdqnn,wbuGeynrqqtfmyhhqvuqrwmgu.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyeasy
- Length55 letters, 18 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 12 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.
"A considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree. Their nourishment consisted entirely of the vegetables of their garden and the milk of one cow, which gave very little during the winter, when its masters could scarcely procure food to support it. They often, I believe, suffered the pangs of hunger very poignantly, especially the two younger cottagers, for several times they placed food before the old man when they reserved none for themselves.
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the medium one from chapter 12.
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 12medium, 82 letters
- Chapter 12medium, 98 letters
- Chapter 12easy, 99 letters
- Chapter 12medium, 61 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 13easy, 88 letters
- Chapter 24easy, 99 letters
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