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A Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle about a mysterious letter and a Ku Klux Klan plot. Learn about the plot, the publication history, and the adaptations of this classic detective fiction.
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- 1891
Summary. John Openshaw visits Holmes to ask for help about a certain mysterious and threatening kind of letter both his uncle and father had received just before their deaths. His uncle, Elias, had emigrated to America in his youth and became a planter in Florida. Since returning, he had taken part in raising John.
A young man seeks Holmes' help to solve a mysterious chain of events that has affected his family for generations. He tells of a series of strange incidents involving five orange pips, a cipher message, and a threatening letter.
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The Five Orange Pips (FIVE) is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in november 1891. This is the 7th Sherlock Holmes story. Collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. One of the rare fails of Sherlock Holmes where he cannot save his client.
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“The Five Orange Pips” Summary During a particularly bad storm in September 1887, a young man, John Openshaw, comes seeking help from Holmes as there seems to be a curse on his family. A few years earlier, his eccentric uncle who spent most of his life in America before returning to England dies soon after receiving a letter containing five orange seeds, or pips.
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Basic information Abbreviation: FIVE (J. F. Christ, 1947) Word length: 7,378 (C. E. Lauterbach, 1960) First published: Strand Magazine, November 1891 Discussion Questions What papers do you think The Colonel destroys after receiving his letter? Relative to his uncle and father, why did it take so long for John Openshaw to receive his letter? Is Watson’s […]
