Flashman, later used by George MacDonald Fraser

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Flashman, later used by George MacDonald Fraser, is a notorious fictional bully from Victorian-era school stories who was reimagined as a cowardly yet oddly successful antihero in a popular historical adventure series.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antihero ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Harry Flashman ⓘ
linked to: Flashman
appearsInGenre adventure fiction ⓘ
comic novel ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor George MacDonald Fraser ⓘ
basedOn school bully archetype ⓘ
characterOrigin Victorian-era school stories ⓘ
characterType satirical figure ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator George MacDonald Fraser ⓘ
Thomas Hughes ⓘ
expelledFor drunkenness ⓘ
fictionalNationality British ⓘ
fictionalTimePeriod 19th century ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Flashman Papers series ⓘ
linked to: Flashman

Tom Brown stories ⓘ
firstAppearanceAuthor Thomas Hughes ⓘ
firstAppearanceInWork Tom Brown’s School Days ⓘ
firstAppearanceYear 1857 ⓘ
givenName Harry Paget Flashman ⓘ
linked to: Flashman
inspiredByWork Tom Brown’s School Days ⓘ
knownFor being present at many major 19th-century historical events ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
literaryFunction subversion of traditional Victorian heroism ⓘ
literaryStyle pastiche memoir ⓘ
medium novel ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
narrativeRole antihero ⓘ
unreliable narrator ⓘ
notableTrait bully ⓘ
cowardice ⓘ
opportunism ⓘ
self-preservation ⓘ
womanizing ⓘ
occupation British Army officer ⓘ
portrayedAs cowardly yet successful soldier ⓘ
reimaginedBy George MacDonald Fraser ⓘ
reimaginedFirstBook Flashman ⓘ
reimaginedFirstBookYear 1969 ⓘ
reimaginedInWorkSeries The Flashman Papers ⓘ
schoolAttended Rugby School ⓘ
seriesTitle The Flashman Papers ⓘ
setting Victorian era ⓘ

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Tom Brown's Schooldays → notableCharacter → Flashman, later used by George MacDonald Fraser ⓘ