roman fleuve in English
noun
1
a novel featuring the leisurely description of the lives of closely related people.
Among those who have set out to write a roman-fleuve and failed is this poet laureate.
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1. A Dance to the Music of Time is a 12-volume roman-fleuve by Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim.The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power and passivity in English political, cultural and military life in the mid-20th century.