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Bridget Jones's Diary

By Fielding, Helen Fielding

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| Hardcover | 9780670880720

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"130 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds overnight? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier (repulsive, horrifying notion)); alcohol units 2 (excellent) cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow); number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but neverthContinue

"130 lbs. (how is it possible to put on 4 pounds overnight? Could flesh have somehow solidified becoming denser and heavier (repulsive, horrifying notion)); alcohol units 2 (excellent) cigarettes 21 (poor but will give up totally tomorrow); number of correct lottery numbers 2 (better, but nevertheless useless)" This laugh-out-loud chronicle charts a year in the life of Bridget Jones, a single girl on a permanent, doomed quest for self-improvement--in which she resolves to: visit the gym three times a week not merely to buy a sandwich, form a functional relationship with a responsible adult, and not fall for any of the following: misogynists, megalomaniacs, adulterers, workaholics, chauvinists or perverts. And learn to program the VCR. Caught between her Singleton friends, who are all convinced they will end up dying alone and found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian, and the Smug Marrieds, whose dinner parties offer ever-new opportunities for humiliation, Bridget struggles to keep her life on an even keel (or at least afloat). Through it all, she will have her readers helpless with laughter and shouting, "BRIDGET JONES IS ME!"

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  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding

    As you may have noticed, the sequel to Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (Picador, £12.99), was published last week. Or perhaps you have been on safari in the Congo, where sales of the first book were, apparently, limited. Brid ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • Bridget Jones's Diary By Helen Fielding

    Back when at least a few entertainers owned both intelligence and a sense of the fitness of things, Fred Allen, the great wit and radio comedian -- in his case, not mutually contradictory terms -- wrote his autobiography and titled it Treadmill to Ob ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  • 2 people find this helpful

    oh come on, let's not be snobs:

    this first novel was HILARIOUS, spot-on, and had good surprise value (we still didn't know we'd be inundated by worthless chick-lit for years to come). V.v. excellent, as she'd write.

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    Paola said on Feb 7, 2008 about the Paperback edition | 1 feedback

  • Read this. Then picked it up again every couple of years or so, when the situation demanded it. You just cannot call yourself a woman if you don't read this.

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    Annalisa said on Oct 22, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Bridget isn't an interesting character. She looks forward to having a boyfriend but it seems that she hasn't done anything to help herself. She intended to loss weight, quit smoking and drink less but eventually gives up. I find her boring and unattractive.

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    Purple Rain said on Feb 9, 2009 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • I love reading Bridget Jones!

    I have seen the movie a million times and re-read the book several times. Both are very good. The movie has a better story line (the book ending is a direct copy of Pride and Prejudice) but the book has a lot more funny details.

    Hurrah to Bridget and Singlet ... (continue)

    I love reading Bridget Jones!

    I have seen the movie a million times and re-read the book several times. Both are very good. The movie has a better story line (the book ending is a direct copy of Pride and Prejudice) but the book has a lot more funny details.

    Hurrah to Bridget and Singleton!

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    material girl said on Dec 4, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • One of the books I read excerpts of every now and then. Absolutely enjoy it every time I read it.

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    fran_ces said on Nov 6, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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