text_original: Later I came to know his story in detail. Formerly a civil servant, he had possessed no additional means, and so had occupied a very low and insignificant position in the service. Then, after his first wife (mother of the younger Pokrovski) had died, the widower bethought him of marrying a second time, and took to himself a tradesman's daughter, who soon assumed the reins over everything, and brought the home to rack and ruin, so that the old man was worse off than before.
text_transcription: LATER I CAME TO KNOW HIS STORY IN DETAIL FORMERLY A CIVIL SERVANT HE HAD POSSESSED NO ADDITIONAL MEANS AND SO HAD OCCUPIED A VERY LOW AND INSIGNIFICANT POSITION IN THE SERVICE THEN AFTER HIS FIRST WIFE MOTHER OF THE YOUNGER POKROVSKI HAD DIED THE WIDOWER BETHOUGHT HIM OF MARRYING A SECOND TIME AND TOOK TO HIMSELF A TRADESMAN'S DAUGHTER WHO SOON ASSUMED REINS OVER EVERYTHING AND BROUGHT THE HOME TO WRECK AND RUIN SO THAT THE OLD MAN WAS WORSE OFF THAN BEFORE
phonemes: lˈeɪɾɚɹ aɪ kˈeɪm tə nˈoʊ hɪz stˈɔːɹi ɪn diːtˈeɪl. fˈɔːɹmɚli ɐ sˈɪvəl sˈɜːvənt, hiː hæd pəzˈɛst nˈoʊ ɐdˈɪʃənəl mˈiːnz, ænd sˌoʊ hæd ˈɑːkjʊpˌaɪd ɐ vˈɛɹi lˈoʊ ænd ˌɪnsɪɡnˈɪfɪkənt pəzˈɪʃən ɪnðə sˈɜːvɪs. ðˈɛn, ˈæftɚ hɪz fˈɜːst wˈaɪf (mˈʌðɚɹ ʌvðə jˈʌŋɡɚ pəkɹˈɑːvski) hæd dˈaɪd, ðə wˈɪdoʊɚ bˈɛθɔːt hˌɪm ʌv mˈæɹiɪŋ ɐ sˈɛkənd tˈaɪm, ænd tˈʊk tə hɪmsˈɛlf ɐ tɹˈeɪdzmənz dˈɔːɾɚ, hˌuː sˈuːn ɐsˈuːmd ðə ɹˈeɪnz ˌoʊvɚɹ ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ, ænd bɹˈɔːt ðə hˈoʊm tə ɹˈæk ænd ɹˈuːɪn, sˌoʊ ðætðɪ ˈoʊld mˈæn wʌz wˈɜːs ˈɔf ðɐn bᵻfˈɔːɹ.