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roman à clef
[ raw-mah na kle ]
noun
, French.
, plural ro·mans à clef [r, aw-mah, n, z, a, , kle].
- a novel that represents historical events and characters under the guise of fiction.
roman à clef
/ rɔmɑ̃ a kle /
noun
- a novel in which real people are depicted under fictitious names
roman à clef
- A novel in which actual people and places are disguised as fictional characters . Roman à clef is French for “novel with a key.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roman à clef1
First recorded in 1880–85; literally “novel with a key,” the key being the connection between the fictional and nonfictional elements of the novel
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Word History and Origins
Origin of roman à clef1
literally: novel with a key
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Example Sentences
Rare is the roman à clef where you think you can identify every single real person in it.
From The Daily Beast
MVP By James Boice This is a roman à clef about Kobe Bryant.
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The roman à clef is always popular with scandal-mongers, but its authors can hardly hope to escape rebuke.
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Had Madame d'Epinay merely intended to write a roman à clef?
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