Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 20
The eleventh 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.
UnDlunckkfmdhodbqdrdbjzphxcuzubouaaubjdbjzphnudyn,nhthauymhcmyhkaclohozcluaonzphnmcz.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length83 letters, 20 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.
How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery! I constructed another sail with a part of my dress and eagerly steered my course towards the land. It had a wild and rocky appearance, but as I approached nearer I easily perceived the traces of cultivation. I saw vessels near the shore and found myself suddenly transported back to the neighbourhood of civilised man. I carefully traced the windings of the land and hailed a steeple which I at length saw issuing from behind a small promontory. As I was in a state of extreme debility, I resolved to sail directly towards the town, as a place where I could most easily procure nourishment. Fortunately I had money with me. As I turned the promontory I perceived a small neat town and a good harbour, which I entered, my heart bounding with joy at my unexpected escape.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"You will know that soon enough," replied a man with a hoarse voice. "Maybe you are come to a place that will not prove much to your taste, but you will not be consulted as to your quarters, I promise you."
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, 83 letters
- Chapter 20easy, 99 letters
- Chapter 21medium, 89 letters
- Chapter 21medium, 84 letters
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Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 24medium, 53 letters
- Chapter 8medium, 83 letters
- Chapter 21medium, 85 letters
- Chapter 9medium, 67 letters
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