Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 16
The first of eleven cryptograms from chapter 16 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.
Hce,frucqufrnuqru,xfxFrauswufrjbfncucsndqilapswfnusrkshcfkceabcqxnahqruarveosnuahsx?
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyhard
- Length81 letters, 21 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 16 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.
"When night came I quitted my retreat and wandered in the wood; and now, no longer restrained by the fear of discovery, I gave vent to my anguish in fearful howlings. I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils, destroying the objects that obstructed me and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness. Oh! What a miserable night I passed! The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me; now and then the sweet voice of a bird burst forth amidst the universal stillness. All, save I, were at rest or in enjoyment; I, like the arch-fiend, bore a hell within me, and finding myself unsympathised with, wished to tear up the trees, spread havoc and destruction around me, and then to have sat down and enjoyed the ruin.
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 15medium, 61 letters
- Chapter 15easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 16hard, 52 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 83 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 10hard, 69 letters
- Chapter 24hard, 69 letters
- Chapter 9hard, 62 letters
- Chapter 18hard, 61 letters
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