Helen Fielding has the distinction among younger British novelists of having written an enormously popular book that has changed the English language and aroused an intense controversy over the need...
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In the following review, DiMassa compares Bridget Jones's Diary to other significant confessional writings in English literature.
What's a girl to do? Radicalized in the '60s a...
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In the following review, Dick notes that Bridget Jones's Diary is a precursor of other contemporary works about single women.
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that borrowing the plot...
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In the following review, Klinghoffer compares Bridget Jones's Diary to several other contemporary works focusing on single women in their thirties, including Tama Janowitz's A Certain Ag...
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In the following review, Gilbert lauds Bridget Jones's Diary for spawning a new genre of fiction by women writers which is typically comical and lighthearted, and features female protagonists w...
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In the following review, French discusses the style of humor, dominant themes, and success of Bridget Jones's Diary.
Ten am. 12st 8lb, alcohol units 0, cigarettes 0, calories 357 (according ...
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In this interview, Fielding and Miller discuss female identity, moving to America, and the continued success of Bridget Jones's Diary.
For the record, Helen Fielding had zero alcohol units a...
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In the following review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Allardice compliments the novel's “unbeatable comic dialogue,” but wonders if Fielding is trying too hard to repeat t...
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In the following review, Reid highlights the phenomenal success of Bridget Jones's Diary in the United Kingdom and forecasts that the United States will receive the book with equal enthusiasm.
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In the following review, Daum analyzes the role of popular culture in Bridget Jones's Diary.
Bridget Jones's Diary, the bestselling British novel just out in the U.S., concerns itself...
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In the following essay, Watson anticipates the American reaction to Bridget Jones's Diary
The name Bridget Jones may not be familiar in the U.S.—yet—but in Britain she is as fa...
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In the following review, Shalit praises Bridget Jones's Diary for its examination of popular culture and the position of single women in contemporary society.
In the mid-1970s, during the ju...
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Question 1 of 10:He leapt to fame as the host of Channel 4's ‘The Last Resort’, but what was
Jonathan
's first job in TV?Cameraman
Researcher
Catering managerMake-up artistQuestion 2 o...
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Question 1 of 10:How old were
Ant
and
Dec
when they met on the set of the children's soap "Byker Grove"?a) 8 (0)b) 10 (0)c) 13 (1)d) 17 (0)Question 2 of 10:The friendship between
Ant
and
Dec...
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Sometimes, Michiko Kakutani gets tired of being Michiko Kakutani. Can you identify the imaginary alternative persona in each of the following passages?
1. "Dwight says 'dude' an awful lot, but boy...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - German-born director Marc Forster has been
chosen to direct the 22nd James Bond movie which will see actor
Daniel Craig reprise his role from Casino Roya...
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The Wonder Spot, by Melissa Bank. Viking, 324 pages, $24.95.
Back in 1999, Melissa Bank's first book, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, filled entire windows of Barnes & Noble with its ...
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The ladies of "Hairspray" are a rarity in fat-phobic Hollywood, whose obsession with willowy women is so strong the idea of a corpulent heroine is almost unheard of.The new big-screen musical, with...
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The ladies of "Hairspray" are a rarity in fat-phobic Hollywood, whose obsession with willowy women is so strong the idea of a corpulent heroine is almost unheard of.The new big-screen musical, with...
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Helen Fielding
Critical Review by Cara Mia Di Massa
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