Bridget Jones's Diary: A Novel, Book 1The iconic #1 bestseller by Helen Fielding and basis for the films starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey and Emma Thompson. Bridget Jones's Diary is the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of a thirty-something Singleton on a permanent doomed quest for self-improvement. Caught between the joys of Singleton fun, and the fear of dying alone and being found three weeks later half eaten by an Alsatian; tortured by Smug Married friends asking, "How's your love life?" with lascivious, yet patronizing leers, Bridget resolves to: reduce the circumference of each thigh by 1.5 inches, visit the gym three times a week not just to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult and learn to program the VCR. With a blend of flighty charm, existential gloom, and endearing self-deprecation, Bridget Jones's Diary has touched a raw nerve with millions of readers the world round. Read it and laugh—before you cry, "Bridget Jones is me!" |
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... Mark Darcy's path yet again. In the end they were so crazed with frustration that the second I got within four feet of him with the gherkins Una threw herself across the room like Will Carling and said, “Mark, you must take Bridget's ...
... Mark Darcy's path yet again. In the end they were so crazed with frustration that the second I got within four feet of him with the gherkins Una threw herself across the room like Will Carling and said, “Mark, you must take Bridget's ...
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... Darcy are coming and bringing Mark with them . Do you remember Mark , darling ? He's one of those top - notch barristers . Masses of money . Divorced . It doesn't start till eight . " Oh God . Not another strangely dressed opera freak ...
... Darcy are coming and bringing Mark with them . Do you remember Mark , darling ? He's one of those top - notch barristers . Masses of money . Divorced . It doesn't start till eight . " Oh God . Not another strangely dressed opera freak ...
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... Mark Darcy . . . Yuk . Every time my mother's rung up for weeks it's been , " Of course you remember the Darcys , dar- ling . They came over when we were living in Buckingham and you and Mark played in the paddling pool ! " or , " Oh ...
... Mark Darcy . . . Yuk . Every time my mother's rung up for weeks it's been , " Of course you remember the Darcys , dar- ling . They came over when we were living in Buckingham and you and Mark played in the paddling pool ! " or , " Oh ...
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... 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 gar- den , shouting " Cathy " and banging your head against a tree . " Mark ! " said ...
... 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 gar- den , shouting " Cathy " and banging your head against a tree . " Mark ! " said ...
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... Mark Darcy awkwardly with a rather unsuc- cessful attempt at a smile , at which Una , after rolling her eyes , putting a hand to her bosom and giving a gay tinkling laugh , aban- doned us with a toss of her head to a hideous silence ...
... Mark Darcy awkwardly with a rather unsuc- cessful attempt at a smile , at which Una , after rolling her eyes , putting a hand to her bosom and giving a gay tinkling laugh , aban- doned us with a toss of her head to a hideous silence ...
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