romans à clef

Variant of roman à clef

roman à clef definition

ro·man à clef (rō′män nä klā′)

a novel in which real persons appear under fictitious names

Etymology: Fr, novel with a key

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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