Boekverslag: The Adrian Mole diaries
Author :
Sue Townsend was 36 ? years old when this book was first published in England. She lives in Leicester where she has worked in a fashion-shop and as a social-worker.
Book :
The Adrian Mole diaries, incorporating
the secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ?
the growing pains of Adrian Mole
I have only read ?the secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ?, which has been broadcast three times on BBC Radio. There is also a stage version based on the book and a television series. The book has been translated in nine different languages.
Edition :
1982, 1984 and 1985 by Sue Townsend. Printed by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.
Characters
Adrian Mole :
Adrian is a boy who starts a diary at the age of 13 ?. He is kind of a puzzle-head and has many problems, he?s a real adolescent. His face is covered with spots, his parents are fighting about everything. And then there is the dog (which is always ill, irritating and causes many problems) his fathers unemployment and, ofcourse, sex.
But, there are a few nice things in his tragic life: Pandora, the girl he falls in love with (and she becomes his girlfriend later), Bert Baxter, a 89 years old chain-smoker who he has to take care of and his best friend Nigel, very rich and spoiled.
Adrian believes he?s an intellectual. He makes poems and buys striking coloured note-paper to send his poems to the BBC. Properly, he?s really dull. For example, he doesn?t get wind of the relationship of his mother and Mr. Lucas until they tell it to him.
Mr. Mole :
He?s Adrian?s father. Everything is allright in the beginning, but then the fights with his wife start. She runs away with their neighbour, Mr. Lucas. He (Mr. Mole) is desperate, he starts to drink and smokes more then ever before. He doesn?t wash himself, doesn?t shave his beard, and doesn?t clean up the mess in the house.
Then, to crown all, he loses his job. He can?t pay the bills anymore. When his wife comes back he cheers up. So, his behaviour depends on his wife, it?s kind of pathetic. He also is very flexible, Adrian can do almost anything he wants, he won?t stop him.
Mrs. Mole :
She?s Adrian?s mother. Her lifestyle is frustrating: cleaning in the morning, shopping in the afternoon and watching television in the evening. It?s very boring. Then, when her neighbour (Mr. Lucas) is getting a divorce, she starts a relationship with him. First it?s a secret, but then she wants to go away with him and divorce from her husband. She tells everybody, some people are shocked. Later Mr. Lucas and Mrs. Mole (Pauline) have a big fight and she goes back to Mr. Mole.
She really loves Adrian, she has got some sort of mother-instinct, because when she leaves him, she keeps calling and asking of Adrian wants to come. She a bit strict, not at all like her husband, but she also is a sweet, caring mother.
Mr. Lucas :
The evil neighbour, the one who pinches Mrs. Mole. His first wife has left him for an- other woman, and now he?s having a (temporally) relationship with Pauline, also known as Mrs. Mole. He?s an arrogant, posing, vain southerner. With his ad-libbing an his cocky swagger, you don?t know whether liking or hating him.
Bert Baxter :
One of the extra-curricular activities of Adrian is to visit Bert Baxter, the 89 years old chain-smoker, one of the persons of community service shared out at the beginning of the term at school. In the first place Adrian hates to go to him but when he get to know him better he begins to like him. It?s really a mess in Bert Baxter?s house, you can?t even see which colour the carpet has. Bert Baxter also has a dog, Sabre, he loves him very much.
Bert Baxter is a bit of a chagrin, but later he shows that he also has a (little) hart.
Pandora :
The girlfriend of Adrian, a 14 years old feminist who is clever and pretty. She has got hair the colour of treacle. She knows much about politic and the world. There are many boys who want to have her as a girlfriend.
Nigel :
The best friend of Adrian, rich and spoiled. He has everything that Adrian doesn?t have. Later in the book Adrian begins to hate Nigel more and more, and suddenly they aren?t friends anymore, because of Pandora. Nigel and Pandora were dating, although Nigel knew Adrian was in love with Pandora.
When and Where
Story :
The story takes place in Leicester, England. It was round 1980, you can notice that at:
the money; one pound was a lot of money then, and now is it not so much anymore.
the radio-messages; England was at war with Argentina.
the Royal-wedding of prince Charles and princes Diana
The place is important to the story, because if Adrian would have lived in America, a vacation to Scotland (for example) would be fantastic, and now it?s not so great.
Also the time is important to the story: the money, the landscape-descriptions, the Royal-wedding of prince Charles and princes Diana, which is very precisely described and at the end of his diary: the war with Argentina.
Sue Townsend was 36 ? years old when this book was first published in England. She lives in Leicester where she has worked in a fashion-shop and as a social-worker.
Book :
The Adrian Mole diaries, incorporating
the secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ?
the growing pains of Adrian Mole
I have only read ?the secret diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 ?, which has been broadcast three times on BBC Radio. There is also a stage version based on the book and a television series. The book has been translated in nine different languages.
Edition :
1982, 1984 and 1985 by Sue Townsend. Printed by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press) Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data.
Characters
Adrian Mole :
Adrian is a boy who starts a diary at the age of 13 ?. He is kind of a puzzle-head and has many problems, he?s a real adolescent. His face is covered with spots, his parents are fighting about everything. And then there is the dog (which is always ill, irritating and causes many problems) his fathers unemployment and, ofcourse, sex.
But, there are a few nice things in his tragic life: Pandora, the girl he falls in love with (and she becomes his girlfriend later), Bert Baxter, a 89 years old chain-smoker who he has to take care of and his best friend Nigel, very rich and spoiled.
Adrian believes he?s an intellectual. He makes poems and buys striking coloured note-paper to send his poems to the BBC. Properly, he?s really dull. For example, he doesn?t get wind of the relationship of his mother and Mr. Lucas until they tell it to him.
Mr. Mole :
He?s Adrian?s father. Everything is allright in the beginning, but then the fights with his wife start. She runs away with their neighbour, Mr. Lucas. He (Mr. Mole) is desperate, he starts to drink and smokes more then ever before. He doesn?t wash himself, doesn?t shave his beard, and doesn?t clean up the mess in the house.
Then, to crown all, he loses his job. He can?t pay the bills anymore. When his wife comes back he cheers up. So, his behaviour depends on his wife, it?s kind of pathetic. He also is very flexible, Adrian can do almost anything he wants, he won?t stop him.
Mrs. Mole :
She?s Adrian?s mother. Her lifestyle is frustrating: cleaning in the morning, shopping in the afternoon and watching television in the evening. It?s very boring. Then, when her neighbour (Mr. Lucas) is getting a divorce, she starts a relationship with him. First it?s a secret, but then she wants to go away with him and divorce from her husband. She tells everybody, some people are shocked. Later Mr. Lucas and Mrs. Mole (Pauline) have a big fight and she goes back to Mr. Mole.
She really loves Adrian, she has got some sort of mother-instinct, because when she leaves him, she keeps calling and asking of Adrian wants to come. She a bit strict, not at all like her husband, but she also is a sweet, caring mother.
Mr. Lucas :
The evil neighbour, the one who pinches Mrs. Mole. His first wife has left him for an- other woman, and now he?s having a (temporally) relationship with Pauline, also known as Mrs. Mole. He?s an arrogant, posing, vain southerner. With his ad-libbing an his cocky swagger, you don?t know whether liking or hating him.
Bert Baxter :
One of the extra-curricular activities of Adrian is to visit Bert Baxter, the 89 years old chain-smoker, one of the persons of community service shared out at the beginning of the term at school. In the first place Adrian hates to go to him but when he get to know him better he begins to like him. It?s really a mess in Bert Baxter?s house, you can?t even see which colour the carpet has. Bert Baxter also has a dog, Sabre, he loves him very much.
Bert Baxter is a bit of a chagrin, but later he shows that he also has a (little) hart.
Pandora :
The girlfriend of Adrian, a 14 years old feminist who is clever and pretty. She has got hair the colour of treacle. She knows much about politic and the world. There are many boys who want to have her as a girlfriend.
Nigel :
The best friend of Adrian, rich and spoiled. He has everything that Adrian doesn?t have. Later in the book Adrian begins to hate Nigel more and more, and suddenly they aren?t friends anymore, because of Pandora. Nigel and Pandora were dating, although Nigel knew Adrian was in love with Pandora.
When and Where
Story :
The story takes place in Leicester, England. It was round 1980, you can notice that at:
the money; one pound was a lot of money then, and now is it not so much anymore.
the radio-messages; England was at war with Argentina.
the Royal-wedding of prince Charles and princes Diana
The place is important to the story, because if Adrian would have lived in America, a vacation to Scotland (for example) would be fantastic, and now it?s not so great.
Also the time is important to the story: the money, the landscape-descriptions, the Royal-wedding of prince Charles and princes Diana, which is very precisely described and at the end of his diary: the war with Argentina.
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