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 seamless overlap between real life and fictional counterparts, and the faithful reproduction of such well-established facts, conveys the author’s intention to offer a crystal clear clé to this roman à clef.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 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
Had Madame d'Epinay merely intended to write a roman à clef?
From Books and Characters French and English by Strachey, Giles Lytton
