"Somewhere, a dog barked."

[Libra6Poe]

Awesome! I love to hear what other books have a dog barking in the background.

Found it:



The Fisherman and his Soul by Oscar Wilde.

 

[Libra6Poe]

I can't recall if Tolkien uses that phrase but howling wolves are frequently heard in Middle Earth.

That totally counts!

 

[sparkchaser]

Here is a start:

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Blood Relations By A. L. Sirois

"Outside, somewhere, a dog barked." - Fat Andy By Stephen Dunstone

"Drops fell from the tap at intervals; somewhere a dog barked, barked, barked." - Nel Bagno by Josephine Jacobsen

"Somewhere a dog barked." - A Place Without a Postcard by James Brush

"Somewhere a dog barked, and somewhere a dog answered." - Let noon be fair: a novel by Willard Motley

"Somewhere a dog barked." - The water lily pond: a village girl's journey in Maoist China By Han Zao Li

"From somewhere a dog barked, and there was a big chorus of mooing." - The Spanish Kidnapping Disaster By Mary Downing Hahn

"There was the lapping of waves, and somewhere a wraith of string music where revelers made merry, and somewhere a dog barked indignantly in the darkness." - Logic Named Joe By Murray Leinster, Eric Flint

"Somewhere a dog barked, and a child laughed." - To Tease a Texan By Georgina Gentry

"From somewhere a dog barked, and he could hear children playing in a yard nearby." - Bread of Shame By Marjorie Meyerle

"There was a tree fully green outside Kayla's window; somewhere a dog barked." - Cry uncle By Alan Michael Parker

"Somewhere a dog barked, another barked in return." - Final Justice By Fern Michaels

"Somewhere, a dog barked." - Never Mind the Goldbergs By Matthue Roth

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Café du Dôme By Anna Gmeyner

"Somewhere a dog barked." - My Childhood in Miami By Carl Rivers

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Where the pavement ends: one woman's bicycle trip through Mongolia, China By Erika Warmbrunn

"Somewhere a dog barked furiously." - Master of Dragons By Angela Knight

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical By Darrell Schweitzer

"Somewhere a dog barked, and that puzzled him." - Out of the Ashes By William W. Johnstone

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Throwaways By Lee Goldman

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Falling from Heights By Chris F. Needham

"Somewhere a dog barked." - Kingdom of Ashes By Adam Riemenschneider

 

[Libra6Poe]

There are certainly considerably more dogs round here than there is air conditioning. As I was reading it I knew I'd seen it in a lot of books, but also that it didn't bother me because most times it's a bit quiet I do hear a dog barking in the distance. So perhaps it's less of a cliche and more of a truism.

Yesss. This.