Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 23
The eighth of nine cryptograms from chapter 23 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.
DbYbeunk,fdikbedfnokjyxtvkvkb;zsktdiybzfdzkpdbyxzytyjdzkj.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length55 letters, 17 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 23 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
"I do not doubt that he hovers near the spot which I inhabit, and if he has indeed taken refuge in the Alps, he may be hunted like the chamois and destroyed as a beast of prey. But I perceive your thoughts; you do not credit my narrative and do not intend to pursue my enemy with the punishment which is his desert."
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"That cannot be; but all that I can say will be of little avail. My revenge is of no moment to you; yet, while I allow it to be a vice, I confess that it is the devouring and only passion of my soul. My rage is unspeakable when I reflect that the murderer, whom I have turned loose upon society, still exists. You refuse my just demand; I have but one resource, and I devote myself, either in my life or death, to his destruction."
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 23easy, 95 letters
- Chapter 23easy, 93 letters
- Chapter 23medium, 78 letters
- Chapter 24medium, 95 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 6medium, 50 letters
- Chapter 11medium, 52 letters
- Chapter 4medium, 59 letters
- Chapter 24medium, 65 letters
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