Last Night's TV - The real face of a writer and a fake musician.

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COPYRIGHT 2002 Financial Times Ltd.

(From The Northern Echo)

Byline: Steve Pratt

The Real Jane Austen (BBC1) Faking It (C4) The Giant Claw (BBC1) When Jane Austen's first novel was published in 1811, the name of the author was given only as A Lady as it was not considered proper for a woman to make a living out of writing in those days. She was supposed to find a husband to keep her in the custom to which she wished to become accustomed.

But, at 27, Austen was...

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