Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary, first published in 1996, is a satirical novel about a single woman in her thirties who has many ambitions of making her life better through losing weight, improving her career, eliminating her vices, gaining self-control, and finding love. Her goals are repeatedly undermined and thwarted by her tendency to be cynical and unmotivated, her difficulty sticking to the restrictive diets and exercise regimes she assigns herself, and her penchant for emotionally unavailable men attractive.
Framed as a diary, the novel depicts a calendar year in Bridget Jones's life. As a single woman in her thirties, Bridget must constantly (and resentfully) bat away...
