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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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