The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, a novel by Sue Townsend, is the 2nd book in the Adrian Mole series, following on from "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾". It focuses on the worries and regrets of a teenage aspiring intellectual. The novel is included in the omnibus "". The book is written in a diary style and set in 1982 through to mid-1983. Notable events in this volume are the breakup and later reconciliation of Adrian and Pandora, Adrian's attempt to run away from home and subsequent breakdown, the birth of
The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared The Diary of One Who Disappeared () is a song cycle for tenor, alto, three female voices and piano, written by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. On May 14, 1916, the "Lidové noviny" newspaper published verses titled ""From a Pen of the Self-taught Writer"". This "diary in poems" tells the story of a village boy who falls in love with the young gipsy girl Zefka (Žofka), and decides to leave his family and village with her. The verses made a deep impression on Leoš Janáček (cooperator of "Lidové noviny" in that time), and he decided