Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 21
The sixth of ten cryptograms from chapter 21 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.
"Gecjtozbh,rhejiiecjezbhwytegbtgftbecgtqebwy;btecylcbiyyjaececyaygftbdbwpbaelcgdcGjwdjnjriybpaydygxgtq."
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyeasy
- Length99 letters, 21 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 21 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"I fear that this place is very shocking to you; can I do anything to make you more comfortable?"
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"I know that the sympathy of a stranger can be but of little relief to one borne down as you are by so strange a misfortune. But you will, I hope, soon quit this melancholy abode, for doubtless evidence can easily be brought to free you from the criminal charge."
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 21hard, 71 letters
- Chapter 21easy, 71 letters
- Chapter 21medium, 74 letters
- Chapter 21easy, 95 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 9easy, 97 letters
- Chapter 23easy, 93 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 98 letters
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