ðə stˈoːɹi ɪz tˈoʊld baɪ ɐmˈiːliə pˈiːbɑːdi ˈɛmɚsən “hˌuː tɹˈævəlz lˈaɪk ˌælɪɡzˈændɚ ðə ɡɹˈeɪt bˌʌt ɹˈaɪts lˈaɪk dʒˈeɪn ˈɔstɪn, ɔːɹ sˈʌmtaɪmz ðə bɹˈɔnts”.
The story is told by Amelia Peabody Emerson “who travels like Alexander the Great but writes like Jane Austen, or sometimes the Brontes”.