Okay, maybe not the most exciting stuff-and certainly nothing to Bridget's imprisonment in Thailand (a storyline that has no Austen precedent that I'm aware of).
" "Had you?" cried he, catching the same tone: "I honor you!" If I loved a man as she loves the Admiral, I would be always with him, nothing should ever separate us. Darcy, after he expresses frustration with Bridget's self-help book collection: Here's Rebecca attempting to snare the unsuspecting Mr. For instance: Instead of Rebecca being presented as the schemer whom Fielding's readers know her to be (conversing with her, Bridget says, is like swimming with a jellyfish-"all will be going along perfectly pleasantly then suddenly you get a painful lashing, destroying confidence at stroke"), she was turned into an earnest lesbian whose unrequited crush on Bridget was played for laughs. This probably went unnoticed because the film version of Edge of Reason went so far off the rails. Far fewer seemed to notice how Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason followed the plotline of Austen's Persuasion-the awkward silences and misunderstandings between Bridget and Mark threatening their future in a way that mirrored the story of shy Anne Elliot and confused Frederick Wentworth. The parallels and the in-joke of casting Colin Firth as Mark Darcy made it obvious even to casual observers. Many people noticed that Bridget Jones Diary was based on Pride & Prejudice. The Romance-Free Re-Invention of 'Wuthering Heights'