feuilleton
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9.9
- noun
- /ˌfɪlˈtɒn/
- Literature
- The writer contributed a charming feuilleton that captivated readers with its wit and light-heartedness.
Examples
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With her talent for detail and her "jolie grimace" deemed inappropriate to both poetry and fiction, Gay may have found a measure of relief and freedom in the feuilleton.
Academic text (2000) -
Every Sunday, I look forward to reading the new feuilleton in my favorite magazine, which always has intriguing stories and reviews.
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Stefan Zweig writes in his memoirs that when he published a feuilleton on the front page of the Neue Freie Presse, as a teenager, he felt that he had conquered the world.
Academic text (2012) -
Deliberately folding the Parisian newspaper he had been perusing to mark the exact point in that day's feuilleton where he had left off reading, Lord Pringle favored the messenger with a look of intense authority mixed with jollity and keen-wittedness.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the newspaper's feuilleton section, I found an entertaining serialized story that kept me eagerly awaiting the next installment.
Synonyms
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2.4
A long story in a book about imaginary people and events
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5.3
A short fiction book longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
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6.3
A short work of fiction between a short story and a novel
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8.2
A short book of fiction longer than a short story but shorter than a novel
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7.7
A short, light work of fiction longer than a short story
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9.9
A part of a book published separately before the whole book
Surface Forms
Etymology
Feuilleton comes from the French word feuille, which means 'leaf' and is like the English word leaflet. Newspapers used to print small 'leaves' or sections at the bottom for the next chapter of a novel, so a feuilleton became a story published in parts.