 and exposed to the eccentricities of middle class British society, manifested in turkey curry buffets and tarts and vicars parties at which the women wear sexually provocative ("tart") costumes, while the men dress as Anglican priests ("vicars").This novel evolved from Helen Fielding's "Bridget Jones's Diary" columns in "The Independent" and "The Daily Telegraph".Fielding devised the novel with the help of "Independent" journalist Charles Leadbeater; it is roughly based on Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".