Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 19
The first of seven cryptograms from chapter 19 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.
Icbtouguihnbqwbgwkxtnhmywkwpbqquyzcbgb,kywpbwbquzcibwihigkvbuitnhhitibot.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length71 letters, 18 unique
Where it comes from
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley wrote it in chapter 19 of Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus. Here is the prose either side of it, with the sentence you are solving left out.
We quitted London on the 27th of March and remained a few days at Windsor, rambling in its beautiful forest. This was a new scene to us mountaineers; the majestic oaks, the quantity of game, and the herds of stately deer were all novelties to us.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
I enjoyed this scene, and yet my enjoyment was embittered both by the memory of the past and the anticipation of the future. I was formed for peaceful happiness. During my youthful days discontent never visited my mind, and if I was ever overcome by ennui, the sight of what is beautiful in nature or the study of what is excellent and sublime in the productions of man could always interest my heart and communicate elasticity to my spirits. But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself.
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 18medium, 64 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 77 letters
- Chapter 19medium, 90 letters
- Chapter 19hard, 77 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 24medium, 69 letters
- Chapter 15medium, 55 letters
- Chapter 16medium, 73 letters
- Chapter 13medium, 66 letters
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