First Impressions

This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a Romantic writer who said her novel was as "unromantic as a Monday morning":

" Of late years, an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England ."

The winner receives a £25 Blackwell's voucher and
the closing date is February .

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 William Golding's Darkness Visible , is Gerard Moran of De Montfort University, Leicester.