ɐn ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ ᵻdˈɪʃən ʌv ɡˈɪft dɪdnˌɑːt ɛɡzˈɪst ʌntˈɪl noʊvˈɛmbɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti, wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɛvən jˈɪɹz ˈæftɚɹ ɪts ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl pˌʌblɪkˈeɪʃən, wˌɛn ɪt wʌz fˈaɪnəli tɹænslˈeɪɾᵻd æz ɐ lˈeɪbɚɹ ʌv lˈʌv baɪ ɐspˈaɪɚɹɪŋ noːɹwˈiːdʒən ɹˈaɪɾɚɹ ˈɛm. ˈeɪ. lˈɑːɹsən, hˌuː sˈɛlfpˈʌblɪʃt ðə klˈæsɪk nˈɑːvəl æz ɐn ˈiːbˈʊk fɔːɹ kˈɪndəl ˌʌndɚ ðə tˈaɪɾəl pˈɔɪzən.
An English language edition of Gift did not exist until November 2020, 137 years after its original publication, when it was finally translated as a labor of love by aspiring Norwegian writer M. A. Larsen, who self-published the classic novel as an e-book for Kindle under the title Poison.