This selection of Roald Dahl's short stories is specially chosen for teenagers. The stories are a perfect introduction to the breadth of Roald Dahl's work for adults, as well as a wonderful collection in its own right.
Adrian Mole's first love, Pandora, has left him; a neighbor, Mr. Lucas, appears to be seducing his mother (and what does that mean for his father?); the BBC refuses to publish his poetry; and his dog swallowed the tree off the Christmas cake. "Why" indeed.
"Il faut d'abord que je vous dise deux choses sur moi : la première, c'est que je suis belle, la deuxième c'est que, hier, j'ai tué un homme du nom de Gerald Fox." Fuyant un mari ennuyeux qui voue un amour inconditionnel à ses quatre tortues domestiques, une existence monotone dans le lotissement des Chemins Gris ou il ne se passe jamais rien, et surtout la police, Coventry va se découvrir une âme d'aventurière... et de fugitive sans le sou. Tandis que tout le monde la recherche activement, ses tribulations en plein cœur de Londres, aux côtés de personnages tous plus rocambolesques les uns que les autres, vont se révéler plus drôles qu'une vie de femme au foyer dans la banlieue anglaise...
Depuis dix-sept ans, Eva voit sa vie lui échapper dans son quotidien effréné de mère et de ménagère. Jusqu'au jour ou elle se met au lit... et décide d'y rester ! Mais la rumeur se répand et bientôt une foule d'admirateurs se presse à son chevet. Burn-out ou grève féministe, Eva trouvera-t-elle, dans ce geste inouï, un sens à sa vie ? La papesse de la comédie satirique britishépingle les absurdités de la vie moderne dans une fable, aussi sombre que follement drôle.
British teenager Adrian Mole records the ups and downs of adolescence in his diary.
Seventeen years ago Angela Carr aborted an unwanted child. The child's father, Christopher Moore, was devastated by the loss and he retreated from the world. Unable to accept what had happened between them both went their separate ways. However, when Christopher makes a horrifying discovery whilst out walking his dog on the heath he finds that he is compelled to confront Angela about the past. As they start seeing each another again can they avoid the mistakes of the past? And will their future together be eclipsed by those mistakes of yesterday? A compelling fable of our times, Ghost Children is a compassionate and gritty examination of love and loss from one of Britain's most-loved writers, Sue Townsend. 'Gripping and disturbing. Utterly absorbing.' Independent 'Startling and raw.' Observer 'Bleak, tender and deeply affecting. Seldom have I rooted so hard for a set of fictional individuals.' Mail on Sunday 'Leaves one gasping for more.
Adrian begins this diary at the age of fifteen suffering from a humiliating accident involving his nose, a model aeroplane and some glue. Life in the Mole household through Adrian's appalled eyes is still as turbulent and full of surprises. Suggested level: senior secondary.
Life for Adrian Mole is tough. Fincancial hard times have hit the 39-year-old, so he and his wife Daisy must moved to the countryside and live next door to his parents. The light has gone out of their marriage, he suspects he has prostrate trouble, and his mother wants tp solve the mystery of her daughter-s paternity once and for all. As Adrian's worries multiply, a phone call to his old flame Dr Pandora Braithwaite, ignites memories of a shared passion and makes him wonder - is she the only one who can save him now?
The latest diaries of this set-upon yet ambitious closet genius are hilariously hedonistic and marvelously moving. They are filled with the kind of soulful, scathing and sly musings all of us indulge in but would never divulge. The most disarming pangs and prevarications are laid bare for our amusement. Adrian Mole - misunderstood, maligned, and muddled - is a nerdy hoot. And oddly captivating.
The continuing saga of Adrian Mole, a middle-aged bookseller and single parent, who worries about many things, including his engagement to Marigold Flowers. Will he find it in himself to break off his engagement to the tenacious Marigold and start a meaningful relationship with her sister?
He will be remembered some day as one of England's great diarists. No matter what your troubles may be Adrian Mole is sure to make you feel better' Evening Standard Thursday January 3rd I have the most terrible problems with my sex life. It all boils down to the fact that I have no sex life.
The adventures of 33-year-old Adrian Mole as he tries to deal with the people in his life and cope with all that life has to offer him
A revolutionary British government orders the Queen to abdicate and the Royal family to vacate Buckingham Palace. Being rehoused on a council estate in the Midlands comes as a bit of a shock to Philip and Elizabeth. The intrusion of this family of "poshos" is a shock for their new neighbours too.
Whether in the guise of a 13 3/4-year old adolescent, a transvestite PM or the Queen reduced to living on a council estate, Sue Townsend has been brilliantly satirizing British life for more than twenty years. Penguin published all of Townsend's hilarious Adrian Mole books and The Queen in Hell Close is an extract from The Queen and I, a brilliantly acerbic take on a Royal Family in dire straits.
Enter the world of Susan Lilian Townsend - sun-worshippers, work-shy writers, garden-centre lovers and those in search of a good time all welcome. Over the last decade, Sue Townsend has written a monthly column for "Sainsbury's Magazine", which covers everything from hosepipe bans and Spanish restaurants to writer's block and the posh middle-aged woman she once met who'd never heard of Winnie-the-Pooh. Collected together now for the first time, they form a set of pieces from one of Britain's most popular and acclaimed writers that is funny, perceptive and touching.
These further writings take Adrian Mole from the ages of 16 to 21, describing the young diarist's first job as a librarian, and his later role at the Department of the Environment, where he struggles manfully to preserve the Earth's ozone layer.
THE BRILLIANTLY FUNNY SEQUEL TO THE QUEEN AND I FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE ADRIAN MOLE SERIES What if being Royal was a crime? The UK has come over all republican. The Royal Family exiled to an Exclusion Zone with the other villains and spongers. And to cap it all, the Queen has threatened to abdicate. Yet Prince Charles is more interested in root vegetables than reigning ... unless his wife Camilla can be Queen in a newly restored monarchy. But when a scoundrel who claims to be the couple's secret love-child offers to take the crown off their hands, the stage is set for a right Royal show down. And the question for Camilla (and rest of the country) will be: Queen of the vegetable patch or Queen of England? _____________ 'Brilliantly satirical' Evening Standard 'One of our finest living comic writers' The Times 'Brilliantly funny' Closer 'Another fantastic read from Townsend' OK!
Jack Sprat is a policeman on the door of Number Ten. When the Prime Minister decides that the only way to get closer to the people on the street is to travel around the country incognito, he enlists Jack's help. For the first time in years, the PM experiences everything his country has to offer.
From the back cover: Adrian Mole: From Minor to Major brings together the three bestselling volumes of Adrian Mole's diaries for the 1980s - The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4, The Growing Pains of Adrian Albert Mole and True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole - with Adrian's previously unpublished diaries for 1989 and 1990. For the first time between the covers of one book, these are the complete Adrian Mole diaries, taking him from 13 3/4 to 23 3/4.
A collection of humorous one-liners, stories and poems from women including Jo Brand, Mae West, French and Saunders, Jane Austen, Beatrix Potter, Jilly Cooper, Queen Victoria and Ruby Wax. A percentage of royalties on every copy sold goes to Comic Relief.
Dlouho očekávané nové pokračování světově proslulé řady knih o věčném smolaři Adrianu Moleovi zavádí čtenáře do Velké Británie roku 2002. Adrian nyní dosáhl středního věku, pracuje v knihkupectví, má za sebou dvě nevydařená manželství a je otcem dvou synů. Jeho sen o kariéře úspěšného spisovatele se rozplynul. Obdiv svého okolí se snaží získat alespoň luxusním bydlením, což ho ovšem uvrhne do zlověstné spirály rostoucího zadlužení. Navíc se málem ožení s Marigold, pološílenou vyznavačkou alter-nativního způsobu života. Najde v sobě sílu zrušit zasnoubení a navázat nový vztah s krásnou Daisy?
A harmincas éveiben járó Adrián továbbra is aggódik: Válhat még belőle jó apa? Csak átverés a Viagra? Miért nem akarja a BBC megfilmesíteni az ő sorozatgyilkosról szóló komédiáját, A fehér furgont? Belsőségekre specializálódott, ünnepelt konyhafőnökként, szingli szülőként és szüzességi fogadalmat tett regényíróként vajon megleli-e a beteljesülést, amire vágyik? Vajon Blair Szép Új Nagy-Britanniájában van-e helye Adrián Mole-nak?
Adrian Mole žije spočiatku v komore Pandorinho oxfordského bytu a pracuje v odbore pre životné prostredie. V práci ani v súkromnom živote nie je spokojný, a ani jeho posedenia u krásnej psychoterapeutky Leonory nie sú účinné. Spriaznenú dušu nachádza v trafikantke Bianke, kvalifikovanej inžinierke. Či je to tá pravá, ktorá naplní Adrianovu túžbu po naozajstnej láske, a akú úlohu zohrá v Adrianovom ďalšom živote jeho chlapčenský otčim a nigérijská študentka Jo Jo, to sa dozviete v štvrtom, poslednom pokračovaní denníkových záznamov Adriana Mola.
Adrian Mole, der legendäre, tragigkomische Held und Tagebuchschreiber, hat endlich die Pubertät hinter sich gebracht. Das will nicht heißen, dass er nun erwachsen ist - jede Seite seiner neuesten geheimen Aufzeichnungen beweißt das Gegenteil.
Kniha o hrdince s neobvyklým jménem Coventry se čte jedním dechem. Hned v prvních řádcích se dozvídáme o zločinu, jehož rozluštění se dočkáme až v samém závěru. Coventry je na útěku a svou svízelnou životní situaci využívá k tomu, aby se vymanila z nudného stereotypu vzorné ženušky v domácnosti. Poprvé v životě se dostává z provinčního městečka na severu Anglie do Londýna: velkoměsto objevuje nejprve z roviny ulice a prostředí bezdomovců, později se při práci pomocnice v excentrické domácnosti ocitne mezi potrhlými intelektuály, nahlédne i mezi společenskou a politickou smetánku. Autorka jejím prostřednictvím velmi vtipně kritizuje, ironizuje a paroduje všechna prostředí, kterými Coventry postupně prochází.
Libro di enorme successo in Inghilterra, presenta il personaggio Adrian Mole, un simbolo degli adolescenti negli anni '80, ma anche un ritratto divertente della società inglese.
Texty shromážděné v této knize původně vznikaly jako příspěvky do časopisu The Magazine. Sue Townsendová je psala v letech 1993–2001. V podstatě jde o vtipné střípky z autorčina života – Townsendová s nezaměnitelným a nenapodobitelným humorem popisuje svou rodinu a drobné domácí trampoty. Dočteme se o problémech s řemeslníky v domě i o potížích s novými domácími spotřebiči. Zkrátka o všem, co zpříjemňuje či znepříjemňuje život jedné normální britské ženy ve středních letech.
In dagboekvorm geeft een 13-jarige jongen commentaar op de moderne leefcultuur en de politiek. Dagboeknotities van een 13-jarige jongen die het leven op school en thuis niet makkelijk vindt.
