Both Uses of
reminiscence
in
The Idiot
- It was only in the innocent Epanchin household that it passed for a new and brilliant tale—as a sudden and striking reminiscence of a splendid and talented man.†
Chpt 4.6 *
- Up to this time she had invariably done her best to cheer him—she was afraid of his looking melancholy; she would try singing to him, and telling him every sort of funny story or reminiscence that she could recall.†
Chpt 4.10
Definition:
something remembered from the past; or the act of remembering it