First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a love story twice adapted for the opera:

"I must begin by taking my reader back to the time in my life when I first met the Chevalier Des Grieux."

Entries, including postal address, 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 receives a £25 book voucher. The closing date is March 30.

The winner of last week's competition, who identified Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America , is Thomas Carl Lundberg of Keele University.

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