Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 20
The sixth 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.
Bopwgbz,cjydbvnywaj,owywvpmypmgyavozmyav,nepkktjvnzyeznjmyepyqprznamwajvobnzvw.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultymedium
- Length75 letters, 19 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.
"The hour of my irresolution is past, and the period of your power is arrived. Your threats cannot move me to do an act of wickedness; but they confirm me in a determination of not creating you a companion in vice. Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a dæmon whose delight is in death and wretchedness? Begone! I am firm, and your words will only exasperate my rage."
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"Devil, cease; and do not poison the air with these sounds of malice. I have declared my resolution to you, and I am no coward to bend beneath words. Leave me; I am inexorable."
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 20easy, 94 letters
- Chapter 20medium, 87 letters
- Chapter 20medium, 67 letters
- Chapter 20easy, 99 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 6medium, 61 letters
- Chapter 11medium, 62 letters
- Chapter 12medium, 61 letters
- Chapter 18medium, 75 letters
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