Christopher Fitton
speaker
16,593 appearances
56 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5d ago
Christopher Fitton’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 56 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 15.
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Even if there were good roads and no hindrances, the journey round the shore is a long one and would require many days.
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But there are rugged mountains to climb and wide marshes to cross and dark forests to go through.
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There is hardly a footpath in all that wild region, not any place to find rest or shelter, and the woods are full of wild beasts, and dreadful dragons lurk in the marshes, and many cruel rubber giants dwell in the mountains.
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Well, said Theseus,
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if there are more perils by land than by sea then I shall go by land and I go at once but you will at least take fifty young men your companions with you said King Pithos not one shall go with me said Theseus and he stood up and played with his sword hilt and laughed at the thought of fear
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Then, when there was nothing more to say, he kissed his mother and made his grandfather goodbye, and went out of treason towards the trackless coastland, which lay to the west and north.
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And with the blessings and tears of the king and Aethra, they followed him to the city gates and watched him,
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until this tall fall was lost to the sight amid the trees which bordered the shore of the sea.
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Part Three Rough Roads and Robbers
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With a brave heart, Theseus walked on, keeping the sea always upon his right.
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Soon the old city of treason was left far behind, and he came to the great marshes, where the ground sank under him at every step, and green pools of stagnant water lay on both sides of the narrow pathway.
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But no fiery dragon came out of the reeds to meet him, so he walked on and on till he came to the rugged mountain land which bordered the western shore of the sea.
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Then he climbed one slope after another until at last
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He stood on the summit of a grey peak from which he could see the whole country spread out around him.
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Then downward and onward,
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He went on again, but his way led him through dark mountain glens, and along the edges of mighty precipices, and underneath many a frowning cliff, until he came to a dreary wood where the trees grew tall and close together, and the light of the sun was seldom seen.
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In that forest, there dwelt a rubber giant called Club Carrier, who was the terror of all the country.
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For oftentimes, he would go down into the valleys where the shepherds fed their flocks and would carry off not only sheep and lambs, but sometimes children and the men themselves.
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It was his custom
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to hide in the thickets of underbrush close to a pathway, and when a traveler passed that way, leap out upon him and beat him to death.
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