Pauline Mole thought of being a great-grandmother, as "she still kept her legs!". In "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole", she is portrayed by Julie Walters. In its follow-on series, "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole", she is played by Lulu. Pauline Mole Pauline Monica Mole (or Pauline Hilda, depending on the book) (née Sugden, previously Muffet and Braithwaite) is a fictional character from the Adrian Mole series, written by Sue Townsend. Pauline was born in 1944 among the potato fields of Norfolk. She was the only girl, with two brothers called Dennis and Pete. She loathed this lifestyle, and when she
Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years Adrian Mole: The Wilderness Years is the fourth book in the Adrian Mole series, written by Sue Townsend. It focuses on the worries of the, now, adult Mole. The book was first published in 1993 by Methuen. It is set in 1991 to the first part of 1992 and Adrian is 23¾ years of age. The book covers the same themes as the first volumes and continues the regular format of a diary. The book charts the progress of Adrian's wavering love life; he begins infatuated, as ever, with Pandora Braithwaite, with whom he is