Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis & critique of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Criticism

This literature criticism consists of approximately 3 pages of analysis & critique of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
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SOURCE: A review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, in Philadelphia Inquirer, March 12, 2000, p. K1.

In the following negative review of Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Heller criticizes the novel for its “inanity” and lack of plot, while denouncing Fielding for comparing herself to Jane Austen.

It turns out there are second acts in American life (John Travolta, Jimmy Carter, Las Vegas, hip-huggers) but less likely ones in British publishing. Unless you're an Anthony, Trollope or Powell.

Helen Fielding is not a little Anthony.

She is not a little Jane Austen, either, though Fielding has had the temerity, in these pages, to compare herself, stating that the first volume, Bridget Jones's Diary, was her Pride and Prejudice, and this one is her Persuasion, the point none-too-subtly belabored with the love object being named Mr. Darcy. “Her plots have years of market research behind them. How can...

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This section contains 765 words
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Buy the Critical Review by Karen Heller
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