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Monday, February 29, 2016

French literary words: nom de plume and more

In literature we find many French words.
I shall search for a pen to write a novel under a pen name. If I can remember where I put the pen.

á la recherche du temps perdus - searching for the lost past (title of Marcel Proust's novel)
bon mot - good word or witty word
bonjour Tristesse - hello sadness
madeleine - the cake eaten by Marcel Proust which starts his daydream of the lost past
mot juste - right word or exact word or precise word
nom de plume - pen name
roman á clés - mystery (literally novel with a key)

Angela Lansbury, author

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