The Five Orange Pips
| "The Five Orange Pips" | |||
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| Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle | |||
Watson reads Holmes the latest news about their client John Openshaw, 1891 illustration by Sidney Paget | |||
| Text available at Wikisource | |||
| Country | United Kingdom | ||
| Language | English | ||
| Genre(s) | Detective fiction short stories | ||
| Publication | |||
| Published in | Strand Magazine | ||
| Publication date | November 1891 | ||
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| Series | The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes | ||
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"The Five Orange Pips", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in November 1891. Conan Doyle later ranked the story seventh in a list of his twelve favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. This is also one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help; the other being "The Adventure of the Dancing Men".