Both Uses of
anecdote
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- Though Katerina Ivanovna smiled, she observed at once that Amalia Ivanovna ought not to tell anecdotes in Russian; the latter was still more offended, and she retorted that her "Vater aus Berlin was a very important man, and always went with his hands in pockets."†
Chpt 5.2anecdotes = short, true stories
- Enough of your vile, nasty anecdotes, depraved vile, sensual man!†
Chpt 6.4 *
Definition:
a short story that is true -- often told for amusement or to make a point