Synonyms

roman-fleuve

American

[raw-mahn-flœv] / rɔ mɑ̃ˈflœv /

noun

French.

saga.

roman-fleuve British

/ rɔmɑ̃flœv /

noun

a novel or series of novels dealing with a family or other group over several generations

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

romans-fleuves

plural

Etymology

Origin of roman-fleuve

literally: stream novel

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I’ve a sneaking suspicion that Lee Child’s Reacher novels, with their affectless prose and numbed heroics, may end up being understood as a great, experimental roman-fleuve of our time.

From New York Times ● Nov. 19, 2020

One of the pleasures of any roman-fleuve lies in keeping track of the pasts and permutations of vast numbers of characters.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is an unliterary acquaintance with those romans-fleuves of the air waves, TV's medical melodramas.

From Time Magazine Archive

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