Both Uses of
atrocity
in
Anna Karenina
- Even supposing they were not our brothers nor fellow-Christians, but simply children, women, old people, feeling is aroused and Russians go eagerly to help in stopping these atrocities.†
Part 8 *atrocities = actions that are exceptionally bad or cruel
- I've been staying abroad and reading the papers, and I must own, up to the time of the Bulgarian atrocities, I couldn't make out why it was all the Russians were all of a sudden so fond of their Slavonic brethren, while I didn't feel the slightest affection for them.†
Part 8
Definition:
an action that is exceptionally bad or cruel