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Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw

A silver-tongued schoolboy fabulist whose gift for plausible explanation can charm a furious master into sudden friendship — and land his friends in detention.

supporting

Also known as Bradshaw, the talented Frederick, the wretched Bradshaw

First appearance: now talking about cricket

As a supporting figure in School Stories, Frederick Wackerbath Bradshaw is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The central figure of the chapter, a cunning and unscrupulous schoolboy who schemes to avoid studying for the Euripides exam and later fabricates an elaborate excuse.
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Bradshaw moves through St. Austin's as the boy who can talk his way out of anything, a talent that both fascinates and exasperates his classmates. When he works off a private explanation to Mellish in under five…

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CHCharterisMMMr. MellishKEKendalMSMajor-General …MYMr. YorkeFWFrederick Wackerbath…

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  • Storyteller and Masters
  • Protagonist
  • Schoolboys and Masters

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

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