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Definition of roman-fleuve in English: roman-fleuvenounPlural romans-fleuves ˌrəʊmɒ̃ˈfləːvʀɔmɑ̃flœvrōˌmänˈfləv 1A novel featuring the leisurely description of the lives of closely related people. Example sentencesExamples - Among those who have set out to write a roman-fleuve and failed is this poet laureate.
- There is something heroic about any novelist embarking upon that most Herculean of labours, a roman-fleuve.
Synonyms epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, romance, traditional story, history, narrative, adventure, fairy story, myth - 1.1 A sequence of related, self-contained novels.
Origin French, literally 'river novel'. Rhymes conserve, curve, Deneuve, derv, hors d'oeuvre, nerve, observe, serve, subserve, swerve, verve Definition of roman-fleuve in US English: roman-fleuvenounrōˌmänˈfləv 1A novel featuring the leisurely description of the lives of closely related people. Example sentencesExamples - There is something heroic about any novelist embarking upon that most Herculean of labours, a roman-fleuve.
- Among those who have set out to write a roman-fleuve and failed is this poet laureate.
Synonyms epic, chronicle, legend, folk tale, romance, traditional story, history, narrative, adventure, fairy story, myth - 1.1 A sequence of related, self-contained novels.
Origin French, literally ‘river novel’. |