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

French words of the day

basque - corset, usually laced up making the waist small and the bosom large
bon mot - good word
cabaret - like vaudeville but more satirical and upmarket
vaudeville -from the French v a u x de Vire - from a town where songs were composed, a cabaret or songs and various entertainments

Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, author, speaker