The long-lasting creator has revealed the place she discovered inspiration for her beloved novel.
Helen Fielding pictured with Renée Zellweger (Picture: Getty)
The creator of the long-lasting Bridget Jones novels, Helen Fielding, has named her favorite creator, and it’s one other traditional author with a present for telling romantic tales.
It shouldn’t come as a shock to anybody that the creator of alternative is, after all, Jane Austen. An creator whom Fielding has taken inspiration from when writing the Bridget Jones saga.
Talking to the Yorkshire Submit on Austen, Fielding stated: “She is my favorite creator and the primary novelist to write down sensible portrayals of actual ladies – with wit, intelligence, irony and understanding. She’s an observer and social commentator, and an absolute grasp novelist.
“She is witty, clever, courageous, first rate, hilarious, ironic, ethical, form and timeless. My heroine.”
Helen Fielding at FLEM competition in Magaluf. (Picture: Molly Toolan)
She additionally revealed that she borrowed parts of the plot for her sequence from Austen, explaining that it’s loosely primarily based on Delight and Prejudice, which is the place the nod to Mr Darcy comes from.
Not too long ago, whereas talking at FLEM Literatura Expandida a Magaluf, a literary competition in Magaluf, Spain, Fielding defined that she took inspiration from Austen and added that she wrote the function of Mark Darcy for Colin Firth
She added: “I used to be all the time in love with Mr Darcy/Colin Firth, so I wrote the half for Colin and insisted that he ought to play the half. It was actually thrilling that he stated sure.”
Whereas on the FLEM competition, Fielding additionally shone a light-weight on some extra trendy authors, too. She highlighted Gabrielle Zevin and her novel Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow as somebody whose work has not too long ago stood out to her.
Fielding stated: “It is about trendy love relationships and it truly is storytelling.”
Helen Fielding is at present engaged on a brand new novel, which differs from the Bridget Jones sequence. (Picture: Getty) The most recent information and gossip from the Royal Household plus chosen provides and competitions Subscribe Invalid electronic mail
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On Austen, Fielding additionally informed the Yorkshire Submit: “Her novels, which seem so flippantly written, carry an enormous understanding of human nature,” Fielding says, “a terrific sense of humour, an perception into character – significantly feminine characters, an irresistible, distinctive voice, an ear for dialogue, a razor sharp skewering of character, and wonderful plotting.
“They’re set in small worlds however convey an amazing consciousness of the broader world and time during which they had been written – wars, politics, economics, sociology, main points (slavery being one,) cash, and the powerlessness of girls – except you occur to be a wealthy widow, or plucky sufficient to say no to Mr Darcy.”
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