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anecdote
anecdote, brief narrative of a particular incident. An anecdote differs from a short story in that it is unified in time and space, is uncomplicated, and deals with a single episode. The literal Greek meaning of the word is "not published," and it still retains some such sense of confidentiality. Sometimes an anecdote is inserted into a novel as an interval in the main plot, as in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy. Famous books of anecdotes include the Deipnosophistae of Athenaeus and Plutarch's Lives.
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Michel Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur forty nine anecdotes.
Mar 22, 2008; IST ANECDOTE. New-Haven, 11 October, 1784. A young American, having for some time earned the approbation of General Washington...
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Breasts, Breastfeeding, and Cancer: Anecdote and Analysis
Jan 01, 2006; Breasts, Breastfeeding, and Cancer: Anecdote and Analysis James S. Olson. Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer & History ....
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anecdote
Jan 01, 2000; anecdote; antidote. Anecdote (= a brief story, usu. true and intended to amuse) is sometimes confused with antidote (= something...
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Making Policy by Political Anecdote.(putting human face on issues)
Aug 20, 2001; Successful politicians are masters of the apt anecdote, swaying voters by using emotion-laden stories to argue the point rather...
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Major Anecdote Collection Makes Valuable Book.
Jun 02, 2009; EL PRADO, N.M., June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- There are several books of anecdotes on the nation's bookshelves, but most of them are...
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