The Adventure of the Three Students

The Adventure of the Three Students is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes. The story follows three students who are suspected of murder after they are found in an abandoned building with a dead man's body. Holmes must use his deductive skills to uncover the truth behind the crime and clear the students' names.

By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · First published 1892 · Genre: Mystery, Detective Fiction, Crime · 7,921 words

First lines

It was in the year '95 that a combination of events, into which I need not enter, caused Mr. Sherlock Holmes and myself to spend some weeks in one of our great university towns, and it was during this time that the small but instructive adventure which I am about to relate befell us. It will be obvious that any details which would help the reader exactly to identify the college or the criminal would be injudicious and offensive. So painful a scandal may well be allowed to die out. With due discretion the incident itself may, however, be described, since it serves to illustrate some of those qualities for which my friend was remarkable. I will endeavour, in my statement, to avoid such terms as would serve to limit the events to any particular place, or give a clue as to the people concerned.

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• Work type: Novel
• Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Date: 1892 CE
• Language: English
• Genres: Mystery, Detective Fiction, Crime, Short Story
• Length: 7,921 words
• Structure: 1 section, 216 paragraphs
• Reading fit: Easy (6th Grade)

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Genres

• Mystery — The Adventure of the Three Students is a work by Arthur Conan Doyle that follows the mystery-solving Sherlock Holmes, fitting clearly into the mystery genre.
• Detective Fiction — This story is a classic example of detective fiction, as it revolves around Sherlock Holmes working to unravel a case.
• Crime — As with many Sherlock Holmes stories, there is an element of crime that helps drive the plot.
• Short Story — The Adventure of the Three Students is a short piece by Arthur Conan Doyle, thus it fits within the short story genre.

Tags

mystery · detective · Sherlock Holmes · Watson · crime · investigation · suspense · short story · literature · 19th century · whodunit · academic

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