Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 20
The fifth of eleven cryptograms from chapter 20 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.
"Pwcmew!Unmpgwolxkdgmxufw;ewawgvurrUtgwoswoemsjwgrulwkmygfwrz,wiyoruenwzmgxuskoenvutlwnewff."
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length87 letters, 23 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 20 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"You have destroyed the work which you began; what is it that you intend? Do you dare to break your promise? I have endured toil and misery; I left Switzerland with you; I crept along the shores of the Rhine, among its willow islands and over the summits of its hills. I have dwelt many months in the heaths of England and among the deserts of Scotland. I have endured incalculable fatigue, and cold, and hunger; do you dare destroy my hopes?"
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!"
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 20medium, 79 letters
- Chapter 20easy, 94 letters
- Chapter 20medium, 75 letters
- Chapter 20medium, 67 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 17medium, 51 letters
- Chapter 1medium, 52 letters
- Chapter 24medium, 50 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 64 letters
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