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Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But happily, these [Bridget Jones's] are fictional comedy diaries - not a history of the Battle of Waterloo.

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Helen Fielding
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 19
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