roman a clef
Example Sentences
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There is no more quotable novel about Hollywood than Carrie Fisher’s roman à clef, “Postcards From the Edge.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024
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
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
Charlotte's success, indeed, was so stunning that for all but sixty years Villette has passed for a roman à clef, the novel, not only of experience, but of personal experience.
From The Three Brontës by Sinclair, May
