The Daria Diaries

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The Daria Diaries (1998)

The Daria Diaries was the first official Daria paperback book. It was written by Anne D. Bernstein and published by MTV Books and Pocket Books in January 1998.

The book is similar in layout to the 1993 Beavis and Butt-Head book This Book Sucks, most notably in its town overviews, childhood pictures and character introduction pages.

This book is followed by The Daria Database.

Features

An excerpt from the book, a letter from a young Jake to his parents from Buxton Ridge Military Academy
  • A map of Lawndale (the MTV website map adds a few details to this one)
  • Information on the move from Highland
  • Part of a short story written by Daria
  • Childhood "photos"
  • Jake and Helen's "Vows of Commitment"
  • Postcards from the "Wandering Lanes"
  • A letter from Jake to his parents from Buxton Ridge Military Academy

Notes

Bernstein wrote this soon after the first season, and has stated "I had to make up a ton of stuff that did not yet exist for The Daria Diaries. And then it all became part of "the Daria Universe" so people had to follow what I established!". Examples of this include the full names of Mystik Spiral's members, the names Rita and Amy for Helen's siblings, the names of Adrian and Courtney for Summer Lane's children, and Jodie's severe disgruntlement about having to be 'perfect'. Some, like Ultrasuave Universe and the vinyl of Behind My Eyelids, got nods on the MTV websites (which Bernstein wrote).


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