Silver Blaze
Critique • Quotes • Sherlock Holmes at the movies
First appearance, 1891First publication
1892 in Strand Magazine
First book publication
1893 in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Literature form
Story
Genres
Crime, mystery
Writing language
English
Author's country
England
Length
Approx. 10,000 words
Notable lines
"I am afraid, Watson, that I shall have to go," said Holmes, as we sat down together to our breakfast one morning.
Go! Where to?"
"To Dartmoor—to King's Pyland."
— First lines
"At least I have a grip of the essential facts of the case. I shall enumerate them to you, for nothing clears up a case so much as stating it to another person, and I can hardly expect your co-operation if I do not show you the position from which we start."
"Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?"
"To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time."
"The dog did nothing in the night-time."
"That was the curious incident," remarked Sherlock Holmes.
"This is Clapham Junction, if I am not mistaken, and we shall be in Victoria in less than ten minutes. If you care to smoke a cigar in our rooms, Colonel, I shall be happy to give you any other details which might interest you."
— Last lines
Critique • Quotes • Sherlock Holmes at the movies
