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More About E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops
The Machine Stops Word Count: How long will it take me to read The Machine Stops?
With a word count of about 12,000 words, The Machine Stops will take a typical reader about 50 minutes to finish, using an average reading speed of 250 words per minute. Most audio readings of The Machine Stops last around 1 hour and 20 minutes, depending on the speed of the narrator.
Author: Who was E. M. Forster, the author of The Machine Stops?
Edward Morgan Forster was an English writer who was born in 1879 in London. He first published The Machine Stops in 1908. The story was later included in his collection, The Eternal Moment and Other Stories. He died in 1970.