Bridget Jones's Diary

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERA dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?As Bridget documents her struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to weigh up the eternal question (Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy?), she turns for support to four indispensable friends: Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of chardonnay.PRAISE FOR BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY"A brilliant evocation of life as a single girl in a certain time ... reads like Anita Loos out of Jane Austen, and any woman who has ever had a job, a relationship or indeed a mother will read it and roar" The Times"I cannot recommend a book more joyfully ... Hilariously funny, miraculously observed, endlessly touching" Daily Telegraph"Rings with the unmistakable tone of something that is true to the marrow. It defines what it describes" Times Literary Supplement"Wild comedy ... observed with merciless, flamboyant wit. A gloriously funny book" Sunday Times"Effortlessly addictive ... presents a perfect zeitgeist of single female woes" Sunday Express

Winner of National Book Awards Book of the Year 1998 (UK)
Winner of Specsavers Platinum Bestseller Award 2017 (UK)

“A brilliant evocation of life as a single girl in a certain time . . . reads like Anita Loos out of Jane Austen, and any woman who has ever had a job, a relationship or indeed a mother will read it and roar”

The Times
A brilliant comic creation. Even men will laugh -- Salman Rushdie
Wild comedy . . . observed with merciless, flamboyant wit. A gloriously funny book Sunday Times
Helen Fielding is one of the funniest writers in Britain and Bridget Jones is a creation of comic genius -- Nick Hornby
The best, the original, the seminal Mail on Sunday
Bridget Jones's Diary rings with the unmistakable tone of something that is true to the marrow. It defines what it describes -- Nicola Shulman Times Literary Supplement
I cannot recommend a book more joyfully . . . Hilariously funny, miraculously observed, endlessly touching -- Jilly Cooper Daily Telegraph
Effortlessly addictive . . . [Bridget Jones's] hilarious diary presents a perfect zeitgeist of single female woes Sunday Express

Helen Fielding was born in Yorkshire. She worked for many years in London as a newspaper and TV journalist, travelling as often as possible to Africa, India and Central America. She is the author of Cause Celeb (1994), Bridget Jones's Diary (1996), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2000), Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination (2003), and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2013). She co-wrote the screenplays for the movies of Bridget Jones's Diary and The Edge of Reason, starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. She now works full-time as a novelist and screenwriter and lives in London and Los Angeles.

It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting 'Cathy' and banging your head against a tree. Bridget Jones's Diary documents Bridget's struggles through the social minefield of her thirties - the merits of being a singleton versus a smug married, the advantages of wearing a see-through top to work, and how to handle her crazed match-making mother. Through it all she is supported by four indispensable friends: Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of chardonnay. Is this a dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Bridget Jones's Diary was first published in 1996 and applauded by critics from Salman Rushdie to Jilly Cooper. A number-one bestseller, it has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide and has become an indisputable modern classic. 'Helen Fielding is one of the funniest writers in Britain and Bridget Jones is a creation of a comic genius' Nick Hornby'Any woman who has ever had a job, a relationship or indeed a mother will read it and roar' The Times

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