A number-one bestseller, it has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide and has become an indisputable modern classic. Until I read Bridget Joness Diary, I never thought I would enjoy a book that is in diary form, much less give it Desert Isle Keeper status. Is this a dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?īridget Jones's Diary was first published in 1996 and.applauded by critics from Salman Rushdie to Jilly Cooper. The novel that spawned a whole sub-genre, Fieldings achingly relatable and belly-laugh inducing classic. Through it all she is supported by four indispensable friends: Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of chardonnay. Bridget Joness Diary by Helen Fielding - Reading Guide: 9780140280098 - : Books USA Todays top 100 books to read while stuck at home social distancing The iconic 1 bestseller by Helen Fielding Bridget Jones is now the. Bridget Joness Diary - Picador Classic (Paperback). It's like being ca//ed Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting 'Cathy' and banging your head against a tree.īridget Jones's Diary documents Bridget's struggles through the social minefield of her thirties - the merits of being a singleton versus a smug married, the advantages of wearing a see-through top to work, and how to handle her crazed match-making mother.

It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be ca//ed Mr Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty ot a party.

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding