Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
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| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | |
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| Author | Helen Fielding |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Comedy novel, Chick lit |
| Publication date | 1999 novel |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0670892963 |
| Preceded by | Bridget Jones's Diary |
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 1999 novel by Helen Fielding, a sequel to her popular Bridget Jones's Diary. It chronicles Bridget Jones's adventures after she begins to suspect that her boyfriend, Mark Darcy, is falling for a rich young solicitor who works in the same firm as him, an Australian girl called Rebecca. The comic novel follows the characteristic ups and downs of the self-proclaimed singleton's first real relationship in several years. It also involves many misunderstandings, a few work mishaps, and an adventure in Southeast Asia involving planted drugs and Madonna songs.
In 2004 a film adaptation was released.
Fielding has said that the first Bridget Jones story was based on the Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice. There are similar parallels between The Edge of Reason and the Austen novel Persuasion, in which the main character is persuaded by her friends to break off her relationship with her "true love". Again, Fielding borrows a name from Austen, this time a Giles Benwick, after Captain Benwick. She also reworks a scene in Persuasion: Rebecca, Bridget's rival for Mark's affection, dives into a shallow river and hurts her foot, a mirror of the incident in Persuasion when Louisa, Anne's rival, falls on her head at Lyme.
Much is made of Bridget's fascination with the BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Colin Firth, the actor who played Mr. Darcy. Bridget even meets Colin Firth and interviews him for a newspaper article. As a self-referential in-joke, Colin Firth plays Mark Darcy in both Bridget Jones movies.
Tracie Bennett won an Audie award for Comedy Best Actress for her audio book narrations of both this and its predecessor.
