The practice of writing, publishing, or reading serialized fiction in newspapers and magazines; literature characterized by sensationalism or lightweight content.
From French 'feuilleton' + English suffix '-ism.' Emerged in the 19th century as serialized fiction became a major cultural phenomenon in European newspapers.
Feuilletonism was the first form of mass entertainment literature—it created the idea of binge-reading long before Netflix, except readers had to wait a whole day for the next episode.
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