First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a tragedy of revenge:

"Oh, if only it had never gone to the land of Colchis, the ship Argo, winging its way through the dark-blue Clashing Rocks!"

The winner receives a half-case of wine. The closing date is August 23.

Entries, including postal address and a telephone number to arrange delivery, should be sent to:

First Impressions
The Times Higher
Admiral House, 66-68 East Smithfield
London E1W 1BXJ

Fax: 020 7782 3300
or email: theschat@thes.co.uk

The winner of last week's competition - who identified Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes by Robert Louis Stevenson - is Shelly Miller from the Cambridge University admissions office.

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