Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 17
The third 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.
Pv!Skfdclepd,slocscvljjk;wcesciccwzdlexeaucepnlduykpaipdpgcmcgcixe!
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyhard
- Length63 letters, 21 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.
A fiendish rage animated him as he said this; his face was wrinkled into contortions too horrible for human eyes to behold; but presently he calmed himself and proceeded -
The sentence you are solving goes here.
I was moved. I shuddered when I thought of the possible consequences of my consent, but I felt that there was some justice in his argument. His tale and the feelings he now expressed proved him to be a creature of fine sensations, and did I not as his maker owe him all the portion of happiness that it was in my power to bestow? He saw my change of feeling and continued,
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 17medium, 72 letters
- Chapter 17easy, 97 letters
- Chapter 17easy, 75 letters
- Chapter 17hard, 62 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 24hard, 55 letters
- Chapter 12hard, 69 letters
- Chapter 24hard, 73 letters
- Chapter 19hard, 77 letters
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