First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a work originally entitled Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World :

"My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons."

The winner receives a Blackwell's £25 voucher and the closingdate is May 1.

Entries should be sent to:

First Impressions
The THES
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BX

faxed to 020 7782 3300
or emailed to theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition, who correctly identified D. H. Lawrence's England, My England , is Brenda Maddox of London.