All 3 Uses of
anecdote
in
Anna Karenina
- After wavering among reminiscences and anecdotes of guns, of dogs, and of former shooting parties, the conversation rested on a topic that interested all of them.†
Part 6anecdotes = short, true stories
- Stepan Arkadyevitch's anecdote too was very amusing.†
Part 7 *anecdote = a short story that is true -- often told for amusement or to make a point
- "Ah, Princess Marya Borissovna, she's exquisite!" said Stepan Arkadyevitch, and he told an anecdote about her which set them all laughing.†
Part 7