This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from an epistolary novel criticised for indecency:
"I am extremely concerned, my dearest friend, for the disturbances that have happened in your family."
* Entries, including postal address, should be sent to First Impressions, The Times Higher , 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 February 28.
The winner of last week's competition, who identified Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Aurora Leigh , was Rachel Foxley, of the School of History at Reading University.
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