roman a clef
Example Sentences
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After all, her next book is a roman à clef about Gala, and writing about a woman who might be in dire straits would be exploitative.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
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
Magicians know never to perform the same trick twice, an aphorism that might have saved Curtis Sittenfeld from attempting a second roman à clef about a famous American first lady.
From New York Times • May 19, 2020
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
