The Time Machine
H. G. Wells
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
A Victorian inventor journeys to a distant future and finds humanity divided into two strange worlds.
- Length
- 32,310 words
- At 250 WPM
- 2 hr 10 min
- Chapters
- 17
Full public-domain text available to read now. Full text from a Project Gutenberg public-domain English edition. Source
What to expect
You’ll open on the full text with your place highlighted. Use the bottom hold button to start one-word focus mode.
Readable sessions
About 1,901 words per section on average, with chapter navigation when you want to jump around.
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Full-book reading estimate
Traditional pace
2 hr 24 min
225 WPM
Focused RSVP
1 hr 33 min
350 WPM
Fast experiment
1 hr 5 min
500 WPM
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