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Tue 14 Oct, 2008 11:29 am
Mine would be Thomas H. Chippering the main character in Tim O'brien's Tomcat In Love.
I've recently discovered another dissolute sort: Oliver in Julian Barnes' Love, etc.
Name your rake!
@Cliff Hanger,
SNIDELY WHIPLASH, the slinky pultroon.
@farmerman,
I forgot about him-- yeah, he's a good one. May as well throw Boris Badanov in there too.
Pultroon--good word.
Thank you, Ive been a fan of MArk Twain all my life and resort to his vocabulary when Im heated.
@eoe,
I forgot about him too. Nasty fellow!
@Cliff Hanger,
Rhett Butler
also Lymond from The Game of Kings series
@Green Witch,
Rhett Butler = Suave Cad-dom, JR was more ruthless, like Snidely Whiplash.
Who is the Lymond fellow?
@Cliff Hanger,
Marquis de Sade
Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale
Daniel Cleaver - Bridget Jones's Diary
@mismi,
wait a second - I totally ignored the favorite...I just named the Marquis de Sade and Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale because they were cads...
but Daniel Cleaver from Bridget Jones was quite entertaining really.
@Cliff Hanger,
Please define "cad."
PS to mismi -- Marquis de Sade is not a fictional character. Cliff Hanger said "fictional cad."
Ebenezer Scrooge; who else?
@Merry Andrew,
You are right Merry Andrew - I knew that - yet another oversight. I obviously need to read and comprehend better. Thanks
@Cliff Hanger,
Quote:Who is the Lymond fellow?
Here is the Amazon summary:
Quote:Praised for her historical fiction by critics and devoted fans alike, author Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles took the romance world by storm some 30 years ago, firmly fixing Dunnett's reputation as a master of the historical romance. The Game of Kings, the first story in The Lymond Chronicles, sets the stage for what will be a sweeping saga filled with passion, courage, and the endless fight for freedom. The setting is 1547, in Edinborough, Scotland. Francis Crawford of Lymond returns to the country despite the charge of treason hanging over his head. Set on redeeming his reputation, He leads a company of outlaws against England as he fights for the country he loves so dearly. Dangerous, quick-witted, and utterly irresistible, Lymond is pure pleasure to watch as he traverses 16th-century Scotland in search of freedom. The Game of Kings is a must-have for the historical romance connoisseur.
@Cliff Hanger,
Flashman, of course!
First seen in
Tom Brown's Schooldays, of course, but then developed in a series of excellent books by George Macdonald Fraser.
Cads don't get any caddier than old Flashy.
@mismi,
There is a fictional Marquis de Sade in Marat/Sade.
How about BLUE DUCK? Now there was a real blackguard
Jason, whose unfaithfulness caused the Greek tragedy of Medea, who becomes enraged at Jason's infidelity and slaughters their children.
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