text_original: However this may be, she was twenty before she wrote Sophie, ou les Sentiments Secrets, that elegiac " comedy " which drew down on its authoress's youthful head the animadversions of her austere mother. Madame Necker was shocked at the subject, which represented a young girl of seventeen struggling against a (207) Digitized by VjOOQIC 208 MADAME DE STAEL. secret passion for her guardian, a married man, who is in love with her.
text_transcription: HOWEVER THIS MAY BE SHE WAS TWENTY BEFORE SHE WROTE SOPHIE U LES SUNTI MONT SUCREE THAT ELEGIAC COMEDY WHICH DREW DOWN ON ITS AUTHORESS'S YOUTHFUL HEAD THE ANIMAD VERSIONS OF HER AUSTERE MOTHER MADAME NECKER WAS SHOCKED AT THE SUBJECT WHICH REPRESENTED A YOUNG GIRL OF SEVENTEEN STRUGGLING AGAINST A SECRET PASSION FOR HER GUARDIAN A MARRIED MAN WHO IS IN LOVE WITH HER
phonemes: haʊˈɛvɚ ðɪs mˈeɪ bˈiː, ʃiː wʌz twˈɛnti bᵻfˌɔːɹ ʃiː ɹˈoʊt sˈoʊfi, ˈuː lˈɛs sˈɛntɪmənts sˈiːkɹᵻts, ðæt ˈɛlɪdʒək " kˈɑːmədi " wˌɪtʃ dɹˈuː dˌaʊn ˌɔn ɪts ˈɔːθɔːɹˌɛsᵻz jˈuːθfəl hˈɛd ðɪ ˌænɪmɐdvˈɜːʒənz ʌv hɜːɹ ɔːstˈɪɹ mˈʌðɚ. mˈædəm nˈɛkɚ wʌz ʃˈɑːkt æt ðə sˈʌbdʒɛkt, wˌɪtʃ ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛntᵻd ɐ jˈʌŋ ɡˈɜːl ʌv sˈɛvəntˌiːn stɹˈʌɡlɪŋ ɐɡˈɛnst ˈeɪ (tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvən) dˈɪdʒɪtˌaɪzd baɪ vˌiːdʒˈeɪ ˈuːkɪk tˈuːhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪt mˈædəm də stˈeɪl. sˈiːkɹᵻt pˈæʃən fɔːɹ hɜː ɡˈɑːɹdiən, ɐ mˈæɹid mˈæn, hˌuː ɪz ɪn lˈʌv wɪð hɜː.