Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - feuilleton

 noun  Etymology: French, from feuillet sheet of paper, from Old French foillet, diminutive of foille leaf — more at foil  Date: 1845  1. a part of a European newspaper or magazine devoted to material designed to entertain the general reader  2. something (as an installment of a novel) printed in a ~  3.  a. a novel printed in installments  b. a work of fiction catering to popular taste  4. a short literary composition often having a familiar tone and reminiscent content  • ~ism noun  • ~ist noun