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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Page 14
... leaving me standing on my own by the bookshelf while everybody stared at me , thinking , " So that's why Bridget isn't married . She repulses men . " The worst of it was that Una Alconbury and Mum wouldn't leave it at that . They kept ...
... leaving me standing on my own by the bookshelf while everybody stared at me , thinking , " So that's why Bridget isn't married . She repulses men . " The worst of it was that Una Alconbury and Mum wouldn't leave it at that . They kept ...
Page 21
... into how many days sick leave skirt has taken in pre- vious twelvemonth . Spasmodic nature of recent skirt attendance suggests malingering . Just sending back : Cleave Message Cleave Skirt is demonstrably neither sick nor abscent . 21.
... into how many days sick leave skirt has taken in pre- vious twelvemonth . Spasmodic nature of recent skirt attendance suggests malingering . Just sending back : Cleave Message Cleave Skirt is demonstrably neither sick nor abscent . 21.
Page 25
... leave it to him : if he made several calls to the machine he could find the code which would let him play back and erase the message . Eventually he thought he'd cracked it , but unfortunately Daniel then answered the phone . In- stead ...
... leave it to him : if he made several calls to the machine he could find the code which would let him play back and erase the message . Eventually he thought he'd cracked it , but unfortunately Daniel then answered the phone . In- stead ...
Page 26
... leaves it at that unless they ... but after a little thought , I sent back : Message Cleave Please shut up . I am very busy and important . And after a few minutes more , he replied . Jones . Message Jones Sorry to interrupt , Jones ...
... leaves it at that unless they ... but after a little thought , I sent back : Message Cleave Please shut up . I am very busy and important . And after a few minutes more , he replied . Jones . Message Jones Sorry to interrupt , Jones ...
Page 28
... leaving for lunch . He has not messaged me or anything . V. depressed . Going shopping . 11:50 p.m. Just had dinner with Tom in Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor , who was obsessing about a pretentious - sounding " freelance film maker ...
... leaving for lunch . He has not messaged me or anything . V. depressed . Going shopping . 11:50 p.m. Just had dinner with Tom in Harvey Nichols Fifth Floor , who was obsessing about a pretentious - sounding " freelance film maker ...
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