Bridget Jones's Diary

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. Surrounded by a 'surrogate family' of friends, she tries to make sense of life and love in the 1990s.

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1996 - Novel - Helen Fielding - Bridget Jones - Single - London - 1990s

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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 criticized wider societal trends in Britain at the time.

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The Independent - The Daily Telegraph - Cosmopolitan

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A sequel, ', was published in 1999.

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A 2001 film adaptation of the original novel was an international success, and a followed in 2004

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Film adaptation - 2004

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