Naturally, this is all Played for Laughs, but the character's unexpected popularity made it clear that a lot of people could relate.īoth novels are based loosely on Jane Austen works: the first on Pride and Prejudice, and the second on Persuasion. She perceives herself as overweight, over-aged, dependent on self-help books, alcohol and cigarettes, and generally hopeless, the type who must fight "fears of dying alone and being found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian." Nonetheless, she attempts to persevere as a self-assured, satisfied "Singleton" despite being increasingly surrounded by "Smug Marrieds" who seem to have turned This Loser Is You into an artform.
They focus primarily on Bridget's existence as a single, unwed thirty-something who is somewhat prone to exaggeration. Both were eventually made into films starring Renee Zellweger in the title role: Bridget Jones's Diary (film) and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (film). Its earlier years were eventually collected / rewritten into two novels, one self-titled and the other subtitled The Edge of Reason.
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