roman à clef

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ro·man à clef (r

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n. pl. ro·mans à clef (r

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A novel in which actual persons, places, or events are depicted in fictional guise.

[French : roman, novel + à, with + clef, key.]

roman à clef French [rɔmɑ̃ a kle]

n pl romans à clef [rɔmɑ̃ a kle]

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a novel in which real people are depicted under fictitious names

[literally: novel with a key]

Translations

roman à clef

n → Schlüsselroman m

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literature			The Mike Nichols/Elaine May adaptation of Joe "Anonymous" Klein's roman à clef holds up surprisingly well. The Week in DVR: Please Watch Chuck, Martin Rocks 30 Rock, Primary ... by Christopher Rosen / The New York Observer PERSONAL DAYSBy Ed ParkRandom House, 241 pages, $13 I VOLUNTEERED TO REVIEW THIS novel by my former Village Voice co-worker Ed Park because I assumed the conflicts of interest would be so blatant they’d implode—a roman à clef, in which I myself might play a minor role, about the alt-weekly where I got fired the same day young Ed did. Office Drones, Without the Buzz by Robert Christgau / The New York Observer Heartburn, a roman à clef by his ex-wife, Nora Ephron, is about Mr. What Makes Hillary Stumble? by Ana Marie Cox / The New York Observer			rollover Rolls of court Rolls-Royce rollway Rolly-poly Rolly-pooly Rolodex Rölvaag roly-poly roly-poly pudding rolypoliness Rom Rom. Rom. Cath. Roma Romage Romagna Romaic romaine romaine lettuce Romains romaji Romajikai Roman roman a clef roman à clef Roman alphabet Roman alum Roman arch Roman architecture Roman balance Roman basilica Roman blind Roman building Roman calendar Roman candle Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Pope Roman Catholicism Roman cement Roman Church Roman collar Roman congregation Roman coriander Roman deity Roman Emperor Roman Empire roman fleuve Roman holiday Roman hyacinth			ROMALOL Romalpha Romalpha Romamti-ezer roman roman roman roman roman roman Român Român Roman à clé Roman à clé Roman à clef Roman à clef Roman (architecture) Roman (architecture) Roman (disambiguation) Roman (disambiguation) Roman (disambiguation) Roman (printing) Roman (printing) Roman (sex) Roman (sex) Roman (sex) Roman à clé Roman à clé roman a clef roman a clef roman à clef Roman á clef Roman á clef Roman A. Rudenko Roman Africa Roman alphabet Roman alphabet Roman alum Roman amphitheatre Roman amphitheatre Roman Andreevich Rudenko Roman arch Roman arch Roman architecture Roman architecture Roman army Roman Army and Chariot Experience Roman art Roman Art and Architecture Roman Art and Architecture Roman assemblies Roman assemblies Roman balance Roman basilica Roman bath Roman bath Roman Bath Houses Roman Bath Houses Roman baths Roman baths Roman Beniaminovich Khesin-Lure

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