feuilleton
Americannoun
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feuilletons
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a part of a European newspaper devoted to light literature, fiction, criticism, etc.
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an item printed in the feuilleton.
noun
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the part of a European newspaper carrying reviews, serialized fiction, etc
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such a review or article
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Origin of feuilleton
1835–45; < French, equivalent to feuillet little leaf ( feuille (< Latin folium leaf ) + -et -et ) + -on noun suffix
Explanation
A feuilleton is a section in a publication, such as a newspaper, that is there for entertainment purposes. It might be a light-hearted, non-newsy column or essay, or a short story published in your school's newspaper. The word feuilleton is borrowed from French, derived from feuille, meaning "leaf or page." It refers to a section in many European newspapers with lighter, more entertaining material. In the 1800s and early 1900s, novels were often published in installments in both European and American magazines or newspapers. These serialized novels are also called feuilletons, and they included such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas, and The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Before Roth found success as a novelist, he established himself as one of Europe’s leading writers of the feuilleton, a form that originated as a “talk of the town” newspaper supplement in 19th-century France.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
In 1969, Perec told his editor Maurice Nadeau that he was planning an adventure novel which was to appear serially, feuilleton style, as the stories of Jules Verne had.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 16, 2019
“It’s a system that eats everything, that devours everything,” he said of the feuilleton aesthetic, a leading modern manifestation of which is the television soap opera.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2011
In 1987 Faber brought out a startling feuilleton entitled A Special Relationship.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 16, 2010
It happened once that George Sand was hurried by the proprietor of a newspaper who wanted one of her novels as a feuilleton.
From The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton
There is, however, bitter resistance brewing, which has also found expression in the feuilletons of German newspapers.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2018
He said that the Hetman was a colossus and that I must support him with my satirical feuilletons.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 25, 2014
But what was fascinating was discovering that if you try to manipulate the feuilletons, they end up manipulating you.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2011
The texts in Escape to Hell are, alas, not short stories but rambling prose feuilletons.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2010
"I want," said the editor of "La Situation" to Dumas, "a story from you, entitled 'Terreur Prussienne à Francfort'—60 feuilletons of 400 lines each; total, 84,000 lines."
From The Galaxy, Volume 23, No. 2, February, 1877 by Various
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