text_original: This door might as well have been styled a window, although it was on a level with the ground, for it opened upon a fearful precipice ; and it was impossible to imagine whither a short flight of stairs which overhung the abyss could possibly lead. The hall formed the interior of a huge turret which from a distance, seen from the other side of the precipice, looked like any high mountain peak. It stood alone, and, as has already been said, no one knew to what sort of struc  ture it had belonged.
text_transcription: THIS DOOR MIGHT AS WELL HAVE BEEN STYLED A WINDOW ALTHOUGH IT WAS ON A LEVEL WITH THE GROUND FOR IT OPENED UPON A FEARFUL PRECIPICE AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE WHITHER A SHORT LIGHT OF STAIRS WHICH OVERHUNG THE ABYSS COULD POSSIBLY LEAD THE HALL FORMED THE INTERIOR OF A HUGE TURRET WHICH FROM A DISTANCE SEEN FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PRECIPICE LOOKED LIKE ANY HIGH MOUNTAIN PEAK IT STOOD ALONE AND AS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID NO ONE KNEW TO WHAT SORT OF STRUCTURE IT HAD BELONGED
phonemes: ðɪs dˈɔːɹ mˌaɪt æz wˈɛl hɐvbɪn stˈaɪld ɐ wˈɪndoʊ, ɔːlðˈoʊ ɪt wʌz ˌɔn ɐ lˈɛvəl wɪððə ɡɹˈaʊnd, fɔːɹ ɪɾ ˈoʊpənd əpˌɑːn ɐ fˈɪɹfəl pɹˈɛsᵻpˌɪs ; ænd ɪt wʌz ɪmpˈɑːsᵻbəl tʊ ɪmˈædʒɪn wˈɪðɚɹ ɐ ʃˈɔːɹt flˈaɪt ʌv stˈɛɹz wˌɪtʃ ˌoʊvɚhˈʌŋ ðɪ ɐbˈɪs kʊd pˈɑːsᵻbli lˈiːd. ðə hˈɔːl fˈɔːɹmd ðɪ ɪntˈɪɹiɚɹ əvə hjˈuːdʒ tˈɜːɹɪt wˌɪtʃ fɹʌm ɐ dˈɪstəns, sˈiːn fɹʌmðɪ ˈʌðɚ sˈaɪd ʌvðə pɹˈɛsᵻpˌɪs, lˈʊkt lˈaɪk ˌɛni hˈaɪ mˈaʊntɪn pˈiːk. ɪt stˈʊd ɐlˈoʊn, ænd, æz hɐz ɔːlɹˌɛdi bˌɪn sˈɛd, nˈoʊwˈʌn nˈuː tə wʌt sˈɔːɹt ʌv stɹˈʌk tjˈʊɹ ɪt hæd bᵻlˈɔŋd.