Fans of the Bridget Jones franchise should look away now - this article contains shock revelations about Helen Fielding's latest instalment, Mad About The Boy.
《BJ單身日記》的粉絲們回避吧！——這篇文章包含對作者海倫·菲爾丁的新續(xù)篇、《為君而狂》的超震撼劇透，可能會嚇到你哦。

Spoiler alert for Bridget Jones fans and tissues at the ready - Mark Darcy is dead and the world's most famous singleton has become a widow.
劇透提醒《BJ單身日記》粉絲們要準備好紙巾了——馬克·達西先生死了，這個全世界最有名的大齡剩女現(xiàn)在成了遺孀。

The shock revelation came as extracts of writer Helen Fielding's latest Bridget Jones's Diary, Mad About The Boy, were published in the Sunday Times Magazine.
《星期日泰晤士報》登載的海倫·菲爾丁所作的布里吉特·瓊斯最新日記，《為君而狂》中泄露了這則驚人的消息。

Fifteen years after the last novel in the saga, it turns out unlucky-in-love Bridget married Darcy and gave him two children - only for Fielding to kill the awkward yet successful barrister off.
繼上一部具有傳奇色彩的《BJ單身日記》之后已經過了15年，原來情路多舛的布里吉特和達西先生結了婚，并生了兩個孩子——現(xiàn)在作者將這位傻傻的、卻成功的大律師達西先生殺掉了。

Heralding the arrival of "chick lit", Bridget Jones's Diary started life as as a newspaper column in 1995.
《BJ單生日記》系列最早于1995年在報刊專欄中開始連載，它的出場宣告了“小妞文學”的誕生。

Two best-selling novels, with their corresponding Hollywood blockbuster film adaptations featuring Renee Zellweger as Bridget and Colin Firth as Darcy, followed.
很快報刊連載變成了兩部暢銷小說，以及好萊塢翻拍的兩部熱門大片——美國女星蕾妮·齊薇格飾演布里吉特·瓊斯，英國演員科林·費爾斯飾演馬克·達西。

Portrayed as a stereotypical 1990s London thirty-something worried about her weight, smoking and alcohol intake, Bridget struck a chord with women of her generation.
布里吉特的形象代表了20世紀90年倫敦女性的一類典型——30出頭，為體重糾結，抽煙酗酒。布里吉特的形象撥動了這一代女性的心弦。

The original book was eventually voted by readers as one of the 10 novels that defined the 20th century, side by side with Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell or Anne Frank's own diary.
該小說最終被讀者評為“描繪了20世紀的十部小說”之一，入選的還有喬治·奧威爾的《一九八四》，安妮·弗蘭克日記等名作。

The modern-day heroine's story - loosely based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - was centred around love interests Darcy and her cad boss Daniel Cleaver.
這個現(xiàn)代女主角的故事——以簡·奧斯丁的《傲慢與偏見》為大致框架——圍繞著她和達西先生，風流上司丹尼爾·克里弗的愛情故事展開。

After hearing from her last in 1999 with Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, readers will now find Bridget as a 51-year-old widow obsessed with wrinkles.
繼上一部作品、1999年出版的《布里吉特·瓊斯2：理性邊緣》之后，讀者們會發(fā)現(xiàn)，布里吉特·瓊斯已經是一個滿臉皺紋的51歲遺孀了。

Fielding, who has always denied that the books are autobiographical, is herself a 55-year-old single mother-of-two who ended her relationship with television executive Kevin Curran in 2009.
作者菲爾丁一直否認系列作品的自傳色彩。她自己也是一個55歲的單身母親，在2009年和電視臺執(zhí)行官凱文·柯倫離婚，有兩個孩子。

Bridget's new adventures as a fifty-something cougar sees her meet new 30-year-old toy boy boyfriend, Roxter, on Twitter, five years after Darcy's death.
在布里吉特的新冒險故事里，在達西先生過世5年后，這個50多歲的熟女在微博上認識了她的小男友，30出頭的洛克瑟。

But those who want to know what happened to the love of her life will have to wait until about Mad About The Boy is published on October 10, as his death will appear in a flashback deep into the book and not be revealed in advance.
但是那些想知道女主角的一生摯愛，達西先生發(fā)生了什么的讀者要等到10月10日，《為君而狂》出版之際才能知道答案了。他的死被作者安排在書中一段倒敘之中，不會預先發(fā)布出來。