All 5 Uses of
anonymous
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- " "But," said Renee, "this letter, which, after all, is but an anonymous scrawl, is not even addressed to you, but to the king's attorney."†
Chpt 5-6
- "Now," said the deputy, "answer me frankly, not as a prisoner to a judge, but as one man to another who takes an interest in him, what truth is there in the accusation contained in this anonymous letter?"†
Chpt 7-8
- And how was the anonymous letter written?†
Chpt 17-18 *
- He was on the point of sending the letter to the commissary of police, notwithstanding the advice of his anonymous friend, or perhaps because of that advice, when suddenly the idea occurred to him that it might be some personal enemy, whom he alone should recognize and over whom, if such were the case, he alone would gain any advantage, as Fiesco [*] had done over the Moor who would have killed him.†
Chpt 81-82
- I have only the letters of Ali Tepelini, which I have placed before you; the ring, a token of his good-will, which is here; and, lastly, the most convincing proof I can offer, after an anonymous attack, and that is the absence of any witness against my veracity and the purity of my military life.'†
Chpt 85-86
Definition:
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(anonymous as in: an anonymous author) an unknown person, or of an unknown person -- such as an unknown author, or donation of an unknown person