Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 17
The sixth 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.
Nwzcjyexuujaduojyysxczlyzv,laqJusxyynzzhojhsuwnexhsw!
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length51 letters, 17 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.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
His words had a strange effect upon me. I compassionated him and sometimes felt a wish to console him, but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. I tried to stifle these sensations; I thought that as I could not sympathise with him, I had no right to withhold from him the small portion of happiness which was yet in my power to bestow.
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, 75 letters
- Chapter 17hard, 62 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 75 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 87 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 20medium, 87 letters
- Chapter 1medium, 52 letters
- Chapter 24medium, 50 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 64 letters
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