Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 8
The third of seven cryptograms from chapter 8 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.
Ofnmejxvkjkvnejeljexgvuymjuphkapoplgavexkypmynzpkavjz.Vdpzvprplveypaveenqpeqp;Vsepmvk.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length83 letters, 21 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 8 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.
I passed a night of unmingled wretchedness. In the morning I went to the court; my lips and throat were parched. I dared not ask the fatal question, but I was known, and the officer guessed the cause of my visit. The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned.
One paragraph next to it is a cryptogram here in its own right, so it is left out too: the medium one from chapter 8.
Text from the Project Gutenberg edition, which is in the public domain in the United States.
Want the answer?
Have a proper go at it first. The solution is on a page of its own, so you won’t run into it by accident.
Nearby in the book
The puzzles either side of this one in the novel.
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 24medium, 53 letters
- Chapter 21medium, 85 letters
- Chapter 20medium, 83 letters
- Chapter 9medium, 67 letters
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