hiː spˈɛnt hɪz hˈoʊl lˈaɪf ɪn stˈɑːkhoʊm, ænd ðə mˈoʊst fˈeɪməs ʌvðə mˈoːɹ ðɐn fˈoːɹɾi bˈʊks hiː ɹˈoʊt ɪn tˈoʊɾəl ɪz ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv fˈaɪv nˈɑːvəlz sˈɛt ɪnðə swˈiːdɪʃ kˈæpɪɾəl ðæt hiː dˈɪɹli lˈʌvd, dᵻskɹˈaɪbɪŋ ðə lˈaɪvz ʌv səksˈɛsɪv dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃənz ʌv stˈɑːkhoʊmɚz bᵻtwˌiːn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ænd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt:
He spent his whole life in Stockholm, and the most famous of the more than 40 books he wrote in total is a series of five novels set in the Swedish capital that he dearly loved, describing the lives of successive generations of Stockholmers between 1860 and 1968: