The Machine Stops: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Machine Stops runs 1.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samuel Abbott (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 3,417 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelf
27 Apocalyptic & Dystopian audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by Edward Miller runs 0.1 hours longer (1.5 hours).
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Machine Stops is an audiobook by Edward Morgan Forster: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Samuel Abbott, released September 30, 2024, on the Apocalyptic & Dystopian and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samuel Abbott
- Released
- September 30, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Apocalyptic & Dystopian, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798882429064
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Machine Stops as an audiobook?
The Machine Stops runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.
Is The Machine Stops free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Machine Stops?
The Machine Stops is narrated by Samuel Abbott.