Cryptogram from Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, chapter 16
The second 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.
Yfgrecqrmkyxqrufqz,siigrorumyubwxermgrsmdvqeywdxgfvur.
- Written byMary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Taken fromFrankenstein; or, the modern prometheus
- Difficultyhard
- Length52 letters, 19 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.
"These thoughts calmed me, and in the afternoon I sank into a profound sleep; but the fever of my blood did not allow me to be visited by peaceful dreams. The horrible scene of the preceding day was for ever acting before my eyes; the females were flying and the enraged Felix tearing me from his father's feet. I awoke exhausted, and finding that it was already night, I crept forth from my hiding-place, and went in search of food.
The sentence you are solving goes here.
"Presently two countrymen passed by, but pausing near the cottage, they entered into conversation, using violent gesticulations; but I did not understand what they said, as they spoke the language of the country, which differed from that of my protectors. Soon after, however, Felix approached with another man; I was surprised, as I knew that he had not quitted the cottage that morning, and waited anxiously to discover from his discourse the meaning of these unusual appearances.
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 15easy, 100 letters
- Chapter 16hard, 81 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 83 letters
- Chapter 16easy, 100 letters
About as hard as this one
Scored closest to it by the model behind our guide to solving cryptograms.
- Chapter 6hard, 59 letters
- Chapter 23hard, 53 letters
- Chapter 11hard, 59 letters
- Chapter 10hard, 52 letters
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