If you prefer to listen rather than read, there are free librivox recordings of this story: https://archive.org/search.php?query=the+machine+stops&and[]=mediaty

If you prefer to listen rather than read, there are free librivox recordings of this story: https://archive.org/search.php?query=the+machine+stops&and[]=mediatype%3A%22audio%22 https://archive.org/search.php?query=the+machine+stops&and[]... and there is also an audiobook version you can find on Audible etc.