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"A new Bridget Jones novel has been announced by author Helen Fielding. Fielding is currently writing the third instalment of the hugely popular series, following 1996&amp;#039;s Bridget Jones&amp;#039;s Diary and 1999&amp;#039;s The Edge of Reason.   [Left - Helen Fielding; Right - Ren\u00C3\u00A9e Zellweger as Bridget Jones] The third novel will be released in November, publisher Alfred A Knopf confirmed today (February 5). Bridget Jones was born through Fielding&amp;#039;s Independent column in the mid-1990s about a single 30-something woman living in London. The two novels have sold over 15 million copies worldwide and have been published in 40 different countries. &amp;quot;My life has moved on and Bridget&amp;#039;s will move on, too,&amp;quot; says Fielding. &amp;quot;I hope people will have as much fun reading it as I am writing it.&amp;quot; The new book will be set in present-day London and will follow Bridget in a new stage in her life.  &amp;quot;Few writers can rival Helen Fielding when it comes to fully capturing the modern woman,&amp;quot; the publisher&amp;#039;s chairman Sonny Mehta said. &amp;quot;I have been waiting a long time to see what&amp;#039;s next for Bridget Jones, and I am beyond thrilled she&amp;#039;s back.&amp;quot;  The series was adapted into two movies starring Ren\u00C3\u00A9e Zellweger, Hugh Grant and Colin Firth. The original Bridget Jones&amp;#039;s Diary was a worldwide box office success in 2001, taking in more than $281m (\u00C2\u00A3174.3m) at the box office. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason also proved a big hit in 2004. A third film has already been announced, and will most likely be based on the third novel by Fielding. Working Title Films recently said that a third film was uncertain, but may be back on track following the confirmation of a new book. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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