The Adventure of the Priory School

"The Adventure of the Priory School"
Short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes discovers Heidegger's body, 1904 illustration by Sidney Paget
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CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Detective fiction short stories
Publication
Published inStrand Magazine
Publication dateJanuary 1904
Chronology
SeriesThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
 
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
 
The Adventure of Black Peter

"The Adventure of the Priory School", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Collier's in the United States on 30 January 1904, and in The Strand Magazine in the United Kingdom in February 1904. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Priory School" tenth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories.