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Categories: Literature, Short story types, Traditional stories, Folklore

anecdote anecdotes Features of anecdote

Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) WordNet 3.0

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Short account of an incident (especially a biographical one) WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

An anecdote is "a story with a point", such as to communicate an abstract idea about a person, place, or thing through the concrete details of a short narrative or to characterize by delineating a specific quirk or trait. Wikipedia

A short account of a real incident or person, often humorous or interesting. Wiktionary

Short account of an incident. Wiktionary (translation)

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Hercules at the crossroads

enfant au renard

Ai tempi che Berta filava

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary

Nordisk familjebok

Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron

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