Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding · first published 1996
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Bridget Jones's Diary is a 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. Written in the form of a personal diary, the novel chronicles a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a thirty-something single working woman living in London. She writes about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends, and romantic relationships.
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Hadn't heard of this journal before but that was great. How true is it that men don't read Ferrante, or generally, about women? I'm more of a nonfiction sort of person but I did enjoy Bridget Jones's Diary as a teenager..
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…sure how to objectively measure this phenomenon. People are fickle and attractiveness is sort of a squishy concept. The confusion in this is the underpinning of certain subgenres of romantic comedy like Bridget Jones's Diary and Pride and Prejudice. Besides, a lot of people are creepy when approaching members of the opposite sex because nobody cares to coach them on how to do it properly. And nobody cares to help them figure…
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