roman a clef
Example Sentences
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The story quoted a few skeptics—among them the writer Harry Monaghan, who’d written a well-received roman à clef five years prior, and who had a regular column in the Post.
From Slate • May 27, 2023
Her third book, “American Wife,” was a darkly shaded roman à clef about a woman very much like First Lady Laura Bush.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023
It's an adorable kind of roman à clef.
From Salon • Nov. 28, 2022
Long was Willie Stark in Robert Penn Warren’s 1946 roman à clef, “All the King’s Men.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 15, 2022
On the technical development of the modern novel the roman à clef can hardly have exercised a strong influence.
From The Life and Romances of Mrs. Eliza Haywood by Whicher, George Frisbie
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
