Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. It chronicles the life of Bridget Jones, a thirtysomething single woman living in London. In this book she turns 33 on March 21. Surrounded by a surrogate "urban family" of friends Sharon (Shazzer), Jude, and Tom, she tries to make sense of life and love in the 1990s. See also: 1995 in literature, other events of 1996, 1997 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Helen Fielding (born February 19, 1958 in Morley, West Yorkshire) is a British author, best known as the author of the novel Bridget Joness Diary and its sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason The Bridget Jones books had their origins in a column published in The Independent and... Bridget Jones is a fictional character created by English writer Helen Fielding. ... In relationships, a single person is one that is not married, or, more broadly, that they are not in an exclusive romantic relationship. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... An urban area is a term used to define an area where there is an increased density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. ... A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ...

Bridget is a "Singleton" (read: single person) employed in the publishing industry. She struggles, often humorously and endearingly, to make sense of her romantic entanglement with her boss Daniel Cleaver, and later with the "top-notch human rights barrister" Mark Darcy. One concept introduced and often revisited in both Bridget Jones's Diary and The Edge of Reason is that of "fuckwittage": the emotional turmoil intentionally wreaked by men who fall anywhere along the spectrum of womanizers to commitment-phobics. Fuckwittage is no stranger to Bridget, Shazzer (a strident feminist), Jude (a highly successful business woman who throughout the novel is on-again-off-again with Vile Richard), or the gay Tom (who must deal with the fuckwittage present in his relationship with Jerome). Generally, a singleton is something which exists alone in some way. ...

Bridget's family is comprised of an overconfident mother who seems always to be finding new adventures and projects, a much more down-to-earth father (though he is sometimes driven into uncharacteristically unstable states of mind by his wife), and a brother, Jamie, a more peripheral character. Bridget often visits her parents, as well as her parents' friends (Geoffrey and Una Alconbury first and foremost). In these situations, Bridget is often plagued with that perennial question "How's your love life?" and exposed to the eccentricities of mid- to upper class British society, manifested in Turkey Curry Buffets and Tarts and Vicars parties.

Many parallels can be found between this book and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, most noticeably in the male protagonists' last names as well as character traits (compare Fitzwilliam Darcy to Mark Darcy). The relationship of Daniel Cleaver to Mark Darcy parallels the relationship of George Wickham to Fitzwilliam Darcy. Also noticeable are the similarities in personality between Bridget's and Elizabeth Bennet's mothers and fathers. The trend of modeling the life of Bridget Jones after Jane Austen's books is carried through in The Edge of Reason, which is loosely based on Persuasion. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Pride and Prejudice, first published on 28 January 1813, is the most famous of Jane Austens novels. ... This article or section may need to be cleaned up and rewritten because it describes a work of fiction in a primarily in-universe style. ...

This novel evolved from Helen Fielding's columns in The Independent and The Daily Telegraph. As a columnist, Fielding often lampooned society's obsession with women's magazines such as Cosmopolitan and criticised wider societal trends in Britain at the time. The Independent is a British compact newspaper published by Tony OReillys Independent News & Media. ... This article concerns the British newspaper. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

A sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, was published in 1999. Categories: Stub ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

A 2001 film adaptation of the original novel was an international success, and a second film followed in 2004. Bridget Joness Diary is a 2001 film, based on the successful novel, also called Bridget Joness Diary, by Helen Fielding. ... Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 2004 movie directed by Beeban Kidron. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bridget commits one of her many gaffes by name-dropping F. R. Leavis. Frank Raymond Leavis (July 14, 1895 - April 14, 1978) was an influential British literary critic of the early-to-mid-twentieth century. ...

Tracie Bennett won an Audie award for Comedy Best Actress for her audio book narrations of both this and its sequel. Tracie as Tracy Glazebrook in Joking Apart. ... Cassette recording of Patrick OBrians The Mauritius Command An audio book is a recording of the contents of a book read aloud. ...