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单身日记》的粉丝们回避吧！——这篇文章包含对作者海伦·菲尔丁的新续篇、《为君而狂》的超震撼剧透，可能会吓到你哦。

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.
剧透提醒《BJ单身日记》粉丝们要准备好纸巾了——马克·达西先生死了，这个全世界最有名的大龄剩女现在成了遗孀。

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.
《星期日泰晤士报》登载的海伦·菲尔丁所作的布里吉特·琼斯最新日记，《为君而狂》中泄露了这则惊人的消息。

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.
继上一部具有传奇色彩的《BJ单身日记》之后已经过了15年，原来情路多舛的布里吉特和达西先生结了婚，并生了两个孩子——现在作者将这位傻傻的、却成功的大律师达西先生杀掉了。

Heralding the arrival of "chick lit", Bridget Jones's Diary started life as as a newspaper column in 1995.
《BJ单生日记》系列最早于1995年在报刊专栏中开始连载，它的出场宣告了“小妞文学”的诞生。

Two best-selling novels, with their corresponding Hollywood blockbuster film adaptations featuring Renee Zellweger as Bridget and Colin Firth as Darcy, followed.
很快报刊连载变成了两部畅销小说，以及好莱坞翻拍的两部热门大片——美国女星蕾妮·齐薇格饰演布里吉特·琼斯，英国演员科林·费尔斯饰演马克·达西。

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世纪90年伦敦女性的一类典型——30出头，为体重纠结，抽烟酗酒。布里吉特的形象拨动了这一代女性的心弦。

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.
该小说最终被读者评为“描绘了20世纪的十部小说”之一，入选的还有乔治·奥威尔的《一九八四》，安妮·弗兰克日记等名作。

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.
这个现代女主角的故事——以简·奥斯丁的《傲慢与偏见》为大致框架——围绕着她和达西先生，风流上司丹尼尔·克里弗的爱情故事展开。

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.
继上一部作品、1999年出版的《布里吉特·琼斯2：理性边缘》之后，读者们会发现，布里吉特·琼斯已经是一个满脸皱纹的51岁遗孀了。

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.
作者菲尔丁一直否认系列作品的自传色彩。她自己也是一个55岁的单身母亲，在2009年和电视台执行官凯文·柯伦离婚，有两个孩子。

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.
在布里吉特的新冒险故事里，在达西先生过世5年后，这个50多岁的熟女在微博上认识了她的小男友，30出头的洛克瑟。

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挚爱，达西先生发生了什么的读者要等到10月10日，《为君而狂》出版之际才能知道答案了。他的死被作者安排在书中一段倒叙之中，不会预先发布出来。