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As a columnist, Fielding often lampooned society's obsession with women's magazines such as Cosmopolitan and criticised wider societal trends in Britain at the time. The novel was first published in 1996 by the U.K. publisher; it became an international success. As of 2006, the book had sold over two million copies worldwide. [2]
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Helen Fielding [2] (born 19 February 1958) [3] is a British journalist, novelist and screenwriter, best known as the creator of the fictional character Bridget Jones. Fielding’s first novel was set in a refugee camp in East Africa and she started writing Bridget Jones in an anonymous column in London’s Independent newspaper.
Fielding wrote four novels about the character (including Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones’s Baby), and the movie adaptations have taken in more than $800 million at the box ...
Fielding also told PEOPLE that the success of the franchise, particularly with its female-centered story, was surprising to her. Penguin Books The cover of 'Bridget Jones's Diary' by Helen Fielding
Fielding accepted and Bridget Jones was born on 28 February 1995. [8] The instantaneous popularity of the columns led to the publication of the first book, Bridget Jones's Diary, in 1996. The column appeared regularly every Wednesday on the pages of The Independent for almost three years: the last one was published on 10 September 1997.
In an interview with BBC News, [2] Helen Fielding was inspired for this book by the way the world responded to the September 11 attacks. She once spent some time in Sudan as a journalist and loved her time there. In light of the invasion of Iraq, Fielding wondered why they had not sent a female spy in to interview the perpetrator. She felt that ...
This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as ...