{"id":2977,"date":"2026-07-13T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T18:23:18","slug":"from-the-pages-of-frankenstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/from-the-pages-of-frankenstein\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1973\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"FROM THE PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN\n\nstrangely are our souls constructed,\npowers\nunknown\nagony, I collected\nmysteries of creation.\nglimmer of the half-extinguished\na spark of being\nburnt out,\nlifeless thing\nlivid with the hue of death;\nI thought that I held the corpse of my\ndead mother in my arms.\nDid any one indeed exist,\nexcept I,\" class=\"wp-image-2978\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-1536x1184.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-2048x1578.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-940x724.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/FROM-THE-PAGES-OF-FRANKENSTEIN-1-400x308.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Margaret Valle<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FROM THE PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">strangely are our souls constructed,<br>powers<br>unknown<br>agony, I collected<br>mysteries of creation.<br>glimmer of the half-extinguished<br>a spark of being<br>burnt out,<br>lifeless thing<br>livid with the hue of death;<br>I thought that I held the corpse of my<br>dead mother in my arms.<br>Did any one indeed exist,<br>except I,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Margaret Valle FROM THE PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN strangely are our souls constructed,powersunknownagony, I collectedmysteries of creation.glimmer of the half-extinguisheda spark of beingburnt out,lifeless thinglivid with the hue of death;I thought that I held the corpse of mydead mother in my arms.Did any one indeed exist,except 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