Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 24
Cryptogram 25 of 35 from chapter 24 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.
GuakgparcguQpawqazyrqkcyra;QnaawguogQkuowwkyyrzqa,orzua,dvaradvorzjapkaftgyp,dovkgqwwxaqrxaqrc.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyeasy
- Length90 letters, 19 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 24 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
It was long before he was restored, and I often thought that life was entirely extinct. At length he opened his eyes; he breathed with difficulty and was unable to speak. The surgeon gave him a composing draught and ordered us to leave him undisturbed. In the meantime he told me that my friend had certainly not many hours to live.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"Yet I cannot ask you to renounce your country and friends to fulfil this task; and now that you are returning to England, you will have little chance of meeting with him. But the consideration of these points, and the well balancing of what you may esteem your duties, I leave to you; my judgment and ideas are already disturbed by the near approach of death. I dare not ask you to do what I think right, for I may still be misled by passion.
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 24medium, 50 letters
- Chapter 24easy, 63 letters
- Chapter 24hard, 55 letters
- Chapter 24hard, 85 letters
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Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
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