The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole
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The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole, Margaret Hilda Roberts and Susan Lillian Townsend is the third book in the Adrian Mole
series, written by Sue Townsend
. It focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenage (supposed) intellectual. The title is long and often shortened to the more convenient "The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole" but the three names are part of the full title and represent fictional (or otherwise) actual content of the book.
The book covers the same themes as the first volumes although it differs in style from the other books. There are short collections of Adrian's classic diary entries covering important events over a brief period of a few days (such as Christmas, Adrian leaving home, Adrian's first job etc.) but the continuous regular diary entries from the other books are absent.
There are also several longer transcripts of radio programs on Pirate Radio Four
, plus collections of letters and correspondence with characters from the earlier books, including Barry Kent, who is in prison. This format means that it covers a longer time span than any other Adrian Mole book at the expense of some detail.
The book also contains extracts from Sue Townsend's own diaries together with some of her essays, plus a collection of entries from an unknown teenage girl's diary written in the 1930s in Grantham
. Townsend suggests that the girl was called Margaret Hilda Roberts and no one knows what became of her, although most readers will spot that this is a strong and bitter satire about Margaret Thatcher
(Margaret Hilda Roberts was her maiden name). Townsend originally created this satire in the first few issues of the newspaper Today
, as The Secret Diary of Margaret Hilda Roberts Aged 13.
The Adrian Mole section was subsequently published as part of the omnibus edition Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major
.
Adrian Mole
Adrian Albert Mole is the fictional protagonist in a series of books by English author Sue Townsend. The character first appeared in a BBC Radio 4 play in 1982. The books are written in the form of a diary, with some additional content such as correspondence...
series, written by Sue Townsend
Sue Townsend
-Adrian Mole series:* The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ , her best selling book, and the best-selling new British fiction book of the 1980s.* The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole * The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole...
. It focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenage (supposed) intellectual. The title is long and often shortened to the more convenient "The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole" but the three names are part of the full title and represent fictional (or otherwise) actual content of the book.
The book covers the same themes as the first volumes although it differs in style from the other books. There are short collections of Adrian's classic diary entries covering important events over a brief period of a few days (such as Christmas, Adrian leaving home, Adrian's first job etc.) but the continuous regular diary entries from the other books are absent.
There are also several longer transcripts of radio programs on Pirate Radio Four
Pirate Radio Four
Pirate Radio Four was a magazine show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1985-6. Part of the station's drive to attract younger listeners, it was broadcast during the mornings in the school summer holidays and was aimed at children of about 8–14 years old...
, plus collections of letters and correspondence with characters from the earlier books, including Barry Kent, who is in prison. This format means that it covers a longer time span than any other Adrian Mole book at the expense of some detail.
The book also contains extracts from Sue Townsend's own diaries together with some of her essays, plus a collection of entries from an unknown teenage girl's diary written in the 1930s in Grantham
Grantham
Grantham is a market town within the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It bestrides the East Coast Main Line railway , the historic A1 main north-south road, and the River Witham. Grantham is located approximately south of the city of Lincoln, and approximately east of Nottingham...
. Townsend suggests that the girl was called Margaret Hilda Roberts and no one knows what became of her, although most readers will spot that this is a strong and bitter satire about Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
(Margaret Hilda Roberts was her maiden name). Townsend originally created this satire in the first few issues of the newspaper Today
Today (UK newspaper)
Today was a national newspaper in the United Kingdom, which was published between 1986 and 1995.-History:Today, with the American newspaper USA Today as inspiration, launched on Tuesday, 4 March 1986, with the front page headline, "Second Spy Inside GCHQ". At 18 pence, it was a middle-market...
, as The Secret Diary of Margaret Hilda Roberts Aged 13.
The Adrian Mole section was subsequently published as part of the omnibus edition Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major
Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major
Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major is a compilation of the first three books The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole and The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole. The book also contains the specially written bonus, Adrian Mole and the Small Amphibians . It was...
.