Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 6
The first of seven cryptograms from chapter 6 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.
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- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length70 letters, 19 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 6 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"My dearest Cousin,
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"Get well - and return to us. You will find a happy, cheerful home and friends who love you dearly. Your father's health is vigorous, and he asks but to see you, but to be assured that you are well; and not a care will ever cloud his benevolent countenance. How pleased you would be to remark the improvement of our Ernest! He is now sixteen and full of activity and spirit. He is desirous to be a true Swiss and to enter into foreign service, but we cannot part with him, at least until his elder brother returns to us. My uncle is not pleased with the idea of a military career in a distant country, but Ernest never had your powers of application. He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake. I fear that he will become an idler unless we yield the point and permit him to enter on the profession which he has selected.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
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