text_original: THE TRANSFORMED CAPITAL. * In all its varied story, the world probably never offered a stranger spectacle than that presented by Paris when Madame de Stael returned to it in 1795. The mixture of classes was only equalled by the confusion of opinions, and these, in their turn, were proclaimed by the oddest con* trasts in costumes.
text_transcription: THE TRANSFORMED CAPITAL PART ONE IN ALL ITS VARIED STORY THE WORLD PROBABLY NEVER OFFERED A STRANGER SPECTACLE THAN THAT PRESENTED BY PARIS WHEN MADAME DE STAEL RETURNED TO IT IN SEVENTEEN NINETY FIVE THE MIXTURE OF CLASSES WAS ONLY EQUALLED BY THE CONFUSION OF OPINIONS AND THESE IN THEIR TURN WERE PROCLAIMED BY THE ODDEST CONTRASTS AND COSTUMES
phonemes: ðə tɹænsfˈɔːɹmd kˈæpɪɾəl. ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk ɪn ˈɔːl ɪts vˈɛɹid stˈɔːɹi, ðə wˈɜːld pɹˈɑːbəbli nˈɛvɚɹ ˈɔfɚd ɐ stɹˈeɪndʒɚ spˈɛktəkəl ðɐn ðæt pɹɪzˈɛntᵻd baɪ pˈæɹɪs wɛn mˈædəm də stˈeɪl ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tʊ ɪɾ ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvənhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti fˈaɪv. ðə mˈɪkstʃɚɹ ʌv klˈæsᵻz wʌz ˈoʊnli ˈiːkwəld baɪ ðə kənfjˈuːʒən ʌv əpˈɪniənz, ænd ðˈiːz, ɪn ðɛɹ tˈɜːn, wɜː pɹəklˈeɪmd baɪ ðɪ ˈɑːdɪst kˈɑːn ˈæstɚɹˌɪsk tɹˈæsts ɪn kˈɔstuːmz.