Bridget Jones's Diary, written by Helen Fielding, is about Bridget Jones, a thirty-something 'spinster' who struggles to find exactly what she wants in life. Fielding's text, famous for being the beginning of the chick-lit genre, deals with the contrast between the contemporary career woman and the traditional house-wife. Ultimately Bridget Jones's Diary suggests that no woman is restricted by the era that they were born into. The film adaptation of the same name, made in 2001 …
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…Bridget Jones's Diary. Although the book was based on Pride and Prejudice, the film shows more similarities to it. Sharon Maguire's Bridget Jones's Diary film was a worthwhile adaptation of the book of the same name, written by Helen Fielding, because it shows many of the same issues and themes that Fielding originally wrote into the book, and presented them in a clearer, concise, and more viewer-friendly version, as to make a more enjoyable movie.